a way to use a different directory than "nix"

[shajra]

Hi!

I like niv quite a lot, but as far as I can tell, the current working directory needs to be right below a directory named "nix." If I'm wrong, then I missed something, someone can tell me show me what I'm looking for, and we can close the ticket.

Otherwise, I think it would be nicer for scripting to be able to specify with a --target DIR flag the directory where sources.json and sources.nix are to managed, with the backwards-compatible default of ./nix.

It's also kind of nicer for projects that are mostly Nix files anyway, because separating the "sources.*" files into their own "nix" directory doesn't make much sense. Specifically, I've got a Nix tutorial project where I'm trying to be very conscientious of which files are where for pedagogical/beginner-friendly reasons.

So I'm hoping this feature request isn't objectionable. I know enough Haskell to implement it. I just am knocking out a few other things first. But if someone beats me to implementing this, I won't complain 😃.

[nmattia]

It's somewhat possible currently, you can specify --sources-json (which is a file as opposed to a directory). See also #133 for directory support. I didn't get a chance to do much coding over the holidays, but I'll get back to that PR asap!

[nmattia]

(feel free to re-open if #133 is not exactly what you're looking for!)