R""( # Examples * Start a shell with the build environment of the default package of the flake in the current directory: ```console # nix develop ``` Typical commands to run inside this shell are: ```console # configurePhase # buildPhase # installPhase ``` Alternatively, you can run whatever build tools your project uses directly, e.g. for a typical Unix project: ```console # ./configure --prefix=$out # make # make install ``` * Run a particular build phase directly: ```console # nix develop --unpack # nix develop --configure # nix develop --build # nix develop --check # nix develop --install # nix develop --installcheck ``` * Start a shell with the build environment of GNU Hello: ```console # nix develop nixpkgs#hello ``` * Record a build environment in a profile: ```console # nix develop --profile /tmp/my-build-env nixpkgs#hello ``` * Use a build environment previously recorded in a profile: ```console # nix develop /tmp/my-build-env ``` * Replace all occurences of the store path corresponding to `glibc.dev` with a writable directory: ```console # nix develop --redirect nixpkgs#glibc.dev ~/my-glibc/outputs/dev ``` Note that this is useful if you're running a `nix develop` shell for `nixpkgs#glibc` in `~/my-glibc` and want to compile another package against it. # Description `nix develop` starts a `bash` shell that provides an interactive build environment nearly identical to what Nix would use to build *installable*. Inside this shell, environment variables and shell functions are set up so that you can interactively and incrementally build your package. Nix determines the build environment by building a modified version of the derivation *installable* that just records the environment initialised by `stdenv` and exits. This build environment can be recorded into a profile using `--profile`. The prompt used by the `bash` shell can be customised by setting the `bash-prompt` and `bash-prompt-suffix` settings in `nix.conf` or in the flake's `nixConfig` attribute. # Flake output attributes If no flake output attribute is given, `nix develop` tries the following flake output attributes: * `devShell.` * `defaultPackage.` If a flake output *name* is given, `nix develop` tries the following flake output attributes: * `devShells..` * `packages..` * `legacyPackages..` )""