nixpkgs/pkgs/development/compilers/elm
Marek Fajkus a97986a481 elmPackages.{elm-test,elm-analyse..}: tooling additions and fixes
Extends the number of available tools for Elm language.

1. fix and move "elm-test"
Previously located in nodePackages.elm-test but broken (see binwrap info).
Now fixed and located in elmPackages.elm-test

2. add "elm-verify-examples"
Generate tests from documentation examples

3. add "elm-upgrade"
upgrade assistant using statical analysis

4. add "elm-analyse"
static analysis for elm code (linter)

5. move "elm-doc-preview"
originally located in nodePackages.elm-upgrade - moved for consistency

6. add "elmi-to-json"
transforms elmi files to json - used by other tools like elm-test and
elm-verify-examples

Node.js based dependencies are defined the same way as nodePackages
contaparts but are independent (has it's own packages.json)

patch-binwrap.nix is used to as a replacement for binwrap package
used by some nodejs dependencies that depends on Haskell binaries
(elm-test and elm-verify-examples).

BREAKING CHANGE
===============
elm-doc-preview (as well as broken elm-test) is now commented
in `node-packages-v10.json` and should be removed once new
nix-expressions for node10 are generated (out of scope of this PR)

There are still 2 outstanding elm related packages in nodePackages

1. elm-oracle - legacy package which is not compatible with elm 0.19
2. elm-live - should be moved in the future I think
2019-06-18 21:29:10 +02:00
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packages elmPackages.{elm-test,elm-analyse..}: tooling additions and fixes 2019-06-18 21:29:10 +02:00
default.nix elmPackages.{elm-test,elm-analyse..}: tooling additions and fixes 2019-06-18 21:29:10 +02:00
fetchElmDeps.nix elm: extract makeDotElm and fetchElmDeps 2018-11-21 10:57:11 +00:00
makeDotElm.nix elm: extract makeDotElm and fetchElmDeps 2018-11-21 10:57:11 +00:00
README.md Elm: automate packaging with elm2nix 2019-01-03 16:37:09 +00:00
update.sh Elm: automate packaging with elm2nix 2019-01-03 16:37:09 +00:00
versions.dat Elm: automate packaging with elm2nix 2019-01-03 16:37:09 +00:00

To update Elm:

Modify revision in ./update.sh and run it

Notes about the build process:

The elm binary embeds a piece of pre-compiled elm code, used by 'elm reactor'. This means that the build process for 'elm' effectively executes 'elm make'. that in turn expects to retrieve the elm dependencies of that code (elm/core, etc.) from package.elm-lang.org, as well as a cached bit of metadata (versions.dat).

The makeDotElm function lets us retrieve these dependencies in the standard nix way. we have to copy them in (rather than symlink) and make them writable because the elm compiler writes other .dat files alongside the source code. versions.dat was produced during an impure build of this same code; the build complains that it can't update this cache, but continues past that warning.

Finally, we set ELM_HOME to point to these pre-fetched artifacts so that the default of ~/.elm isn't used.

More: https://blog.hercules-ci.com/elm/2019/01/03/elm2nix-0.1/