From 4c55a89585c6d3628cbcf04dee2034416bd90b78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dusk <y.bera003.06@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:34:44 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] flake.nix,docs: add a vm app output for running the vm more
 conveniently, update hacking doc

---
 docs/hacking.md | 9 +++++----
 flake.nix       | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/hacking.md b/docs/hacking.md
index dd73293..d2dcb39 100644
--- a/docs/hacking.md
+++ b/docs/hacking.md
@@ -47,14 +47,15 @@ You can now start a lightweight NixOS VM using
 `nixos-shell` like so:
 
 ```bash
-QEMU_NET_OPTS="hostfwd=tcp::6000-:6000,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22" nixos-shell --flake .#knotVM
+nix run .#vm
+# or nixos-shell --flake .#vm
 
 # hit Ctrl-a + c + q to exit the VM
 ```
 
-This starts a knot on port 6000 with `ssh` exposed on port
-2222. You can push repositories to this VM with this ssh
-config block on your main machine:
+This starts a knot on port 6000, a spindle on port 6555
+with `ssh` exposed on port 2222. You can push repositories
+to this VM with this ssh config block on your main machine:
 
 ```bash
 Host nixos-shell
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c57e487..d33a269 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@
         type = "app";
         program = ''${tailwind-watcher}/bin/run'';
       };
+      vm = {
+        type = "app";
+        program = toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "vm" ''
+          ${pkgs.nixos-shell}/bin/nixos-shell --flake .#vm
+        '');
+      };
     });
 
     nixosModules.appview = import ./nix/modules/appview.nix {inherit self;};
-- 
2.43.0