pyrox.dev
1# prefer-remote-fetch overlay {#sec-prefer-remote-fetch}
2
3`prefer-remote-fetch` is an overlay that download sources on remote builder. This is useful when the evaluating machine has a slow upload while the builder can fetch faster directly from the source. To use it, put the following snippet as a new overlay:
4
5```nix
6self: super:
7 (super.prefer-remote-fetch self super)
8```
9
10A full configuration example for that sets the overlay up for your own account, could look like this
11
12```ShellSession
13$ mkdir ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/
14$ cat > ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/prefer-remote-fetch.nix <<EOF
15 self: super: super.prefer-remote-fetch self super
16EOF
17```