Commit fba19509 authored by Valentin Gagarin's avatar Valentin Gagarin Committed by fricklerhandwerk
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use `nix-shell -p` for `dhall-to-nixpkgs` example

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doc/languages-frameworks/dhall.section.md

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@@ -303,11 +303,8 @@ You can use the `dhall-to-nixpkgs` command-line utility to automate 
packaging Dhall code.  For example:



```ShellSession

$ nix-env --install --attr haskellPackages.dhall-nixpkgs



$ nix-env --install --attr nix-prefetch-git  # Used by dhall-to-nixpkgs



$ dhall-to-nixpkgs github https://github.com/Gabriella439/dhall-semver.git

$ nix-shell -p haskellPackages.dhall-nixpkgs nix-prefetch-git

[nix-shell]$ dhall-to-nixpkgs github https://github.com/Gabriella439/dhall-semver.git

{ buildDhallGitHubPackage, Prelude }:

  buildDhallGitHubPackage {

    name = "dhall-semver";
@@ -325,6 +322,10 @@ $ dhall-to-nixpkgs github https://github.com/Gabriella439/dhall-semver.git 
    }

```



:::{.note}

`nix-prefetch-git` has to be in `$PATH` for `dhall-to-nixpkgs` to work.

:::



The utility takes care of automatically detecting remote imports and converting

them to package dependencies.  You can also use the utility on local

Dhall directories, too: