make it a real flake template

README.md

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
     2. Otherwise, proceed to enable flakes (still an experimental feature in `nix`):
        https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes#Installing_flakes
 
-2. Get this nix flake template:
+2. Get this nix flake template, it will be setup in a new directory `./tritonshell` (feel free to adjust this):
 ```
-nix flake new 'git+https://git.greenbaum.cloud/greenbaum.cloud/tritonshell'
+nix flake new --template "git+https://git.greenbaum.cloud/greenbaum.cloud/tritonshell?ref=main" ./tritonshell
 ```
 
 3. Ready to go:

flake.nix

@@ -1,51 +1,10 @@
 {
-  description = "devs & ops environment for nix'ing with triton";
+  description = "nix flake template for devs & ops environment with triton";
 
-  inputs.devshell.url = "github:numtide/devshell";
-  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
-  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-21.11";
-  inputs.nixpkgsUnstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-  inputs.nixpkgs20-09.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-20.09";
-
-  outputs = { self, flake-utils, devshell, nixpkgs, nixpkgsUnstable, nixpkgs20-09 }:
-    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: {
-
-      # Internal utility package with shell function and env vars helper.
-      # These get source'd in devshell.bash.extra when starting tritonshell
-      packages.triton-utils = import ./pkgs/triton-utils.nix { inherit nixpkgs; inherit system; };
-
-      devShell =
-      let
-        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
-          inherit system;
-
-          overlays = [ devshell.overlay ];
-        };
-        pkgsUnstable = import nixpkgsUnstable {
-          inherit system;
-
-          overlays = [ devshell.overlay ];
-        };
-        pkgs20-09 = import nixpkgs20-09 {
-          inherit system;
-
-          overlays = [ devshell.overlay ];
-        };
-
-        # HINT: add your extra pkgs here,
-        # they'll get appended to devshell.packages in ./tritonshell.nix
-        extraDevshellPkgs = [
-          pkgsUnstable.consul
-          pkgsUnstable.nomad
-          pkgsUnstable.terraform
-          pkgsUnstable.vault
-        ];
-
-      in
-        import ./tritonshell.nix { inherit extraDevshellPkgs devshell pkgs pkgsUnstable pkgs20-09 self system; };
-      }) // {
-        # merge this into the attr set above
-        defaultTemplate.description = "nix flake new -t 'git+https://git.greenbaum.cloud/greenbaum.cloud/tritonshell' tritonshell";
-        defaultTemplate.path = "./";
-      };
+  outputs = { self }: {
+    defaultTemplate = {
+      description = "nix flake new --template 'git+https://git.greenbaum.cloud/greenbaum.cloud/tritonshell?ref=main' ./tritonshell";
+      path = ./template;
+    };
+  };
 }

template/flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  description = "devs & ops environment for nix'ing with triton";
+
+  inputs.devshell.url = "github:numtide/devshell";
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-21.11";
+  inputs.nixpkgsUnstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+  inputs.nixpkgs20-09.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-20.09";
+
+  outputs = { self, flake-utils, devshell, nixpkgs, nixpkgsUnstable, nixpkgs20-09 }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: {
+
+      # Internal utility package with shell function and env vars helper.
+      # These get source'd in devshell.bash.extra when starting tritonshell
+      packages.triton-utils = import ./pkgs/triton-utils.nix { inherit nixpkgs; inherit system; };
+
+      devShell =
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+
+          overlays = [ devshell.overlay ];
+        };
+        pkgsUnstable = import nixpkgsUnstable {
+          inherit system;
+
+          overlays = [ devshell.overlay ];
+        };
+        pkgs20-09 = import nixpkgs20-09 {
+          inherit system;
+
+          overlays = [ devshell.overlay ];
+        };
+
+        # HINT: add your extra pkgs here,
+        # they'll get appended to devshell.packages in ./tritonshell.nix
+        extraDevshellPkgs = [
+          pkgsUnstable.consul
+          pkgsUnstable.nomad
+          pkgsUnstable.terraform
+          pkgsUnstable.vault
+        ];
+
+      in
+        import ./tritonshell.nix { inherit extraDevshellPkgs devshell pkgs pkgsUnstable pkgs20-09 self system; };
+      });
+}