From 2026a77599078acca2ffa3d536eea4b8e0475451 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:03:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 _Foundational flake attributes represented using the module system._
 
 `flake-modules-core` provides common options for an ecosystem of modules to extend.
+
+This allows anyone to bundle up tooling into reusable modules.
+
+For users, this makes Flakes easier to wire up.
+
+_Non-goals_:
+ - Replace general Nix expressions, which are needed for advanced and/or ad-hoc use cases.
+ - Accumulate everything into a single repository. As the name might suggest, it focuses only on options that have to do with well-known Nix Flakes attributes.
+
+
+# Example Flake
+
+```nix
+{
+  description = "A very basic flake";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-modules-core.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-modules-core";
+    flake-modules-core.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    devshell.url = "github:hercules-ci/devshell/flake-modules"; # credit to numtide
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-modules-core, devshell, ... }:
+    (flake-modules-core.lib.evalFlakeModule
+      { inherit self; }
+      {
+        systems = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+        imports = [
+          devshell.flakeModule
+        ];
+        flake = {
+          nixosConfigurations.foo = lib.nixosSystem { /* ... */ };
+        };
+        perSystem = system: { config, pkgs, self', inputs', ... }: {
+          _module.args.pkgs = inputs'.nixpkgs.legacyPackages;
+          devshell.settings.commands = [
+            {
+              help = "format nix code";
+              package = pkgs.nixpkgs-fmt;
+            }
+          ];
+          packages.hello = pkgs.hello;
+          packages.hello2 = self'.packages.hello;
+          checks.hello = self'.packages.hello;
+        };
+      }).config.flake;
+
+}
+```