add devmode for live preview

README.md

@@ -15,18 +15,15 @@ Structured content is managed through Nix expressions, and copy is written in [C
 - [Install Nix](https://nix.dev/install-nix)
 - [Set up `direnv`](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv#installation)
 - Run `direnv allow` in the directory where repository is stored on your machine
-- Edit any of the files, see [repository layout](#repository-layout) for guidance
-- Build and view the web site
+- Start a live preview in a different terminal:
 
   ```bash
-  xdg-open $(nix-build -A build --no-out-link)/index.html
+  devmode
   ```
 
-  or
+  This will open your default web browser and automatically reload the page when the source changes.
 
-  ```fish
-  open (nix-build -A build --no-out-link)/index.html
-  ```
+- Edit any of the files, see [repository layout](#repository-layout) for guidance
 
 # Repository layout
 

default.nix

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ let
     in
     new // { types = prev.recursiveUpdate prev.types new.types; };
   lib'' = lib.extend lib';
+  # TODO: update when the PR to expose `pkgs.devmode` is merged
+  #       https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/354556
+  devmode = pkgs.callPackage "${sources.devmode-reusable}/pkgs/by-name/de/devmode/package.nix" {
+    buildArgs = "${toString ./.} -A build";
+    open = "/index.html";
+  };
 in
 rec {
   lib = import ./lib.nix { inherit lib; };
@@ -36,6 +42,7 @@ rec {
     packages = with pkgs; [
       cmark
       npins
+      devmode
     ];
   };
 }

npins/sources.json

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 {
   "pins": {
+    "devmode-reusable": {
+      "type": "Git",
+      "repository": {
+        "type": "GitHub",
+        "owner": "fricklerhandwerk",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs"
+      },
+      "branch": "refactor-devmode",
+      "revision": "f0746a6690939987734d6519a2e3daf28ed36d87",
+      "url": "https://github.com/fricklerhandwerk/nixpkgs/archive/f0746a6690939987734d6519a2e3daf28ed36d87.tar.gz",
+      "hash": "011kg3c2mfy7y808llpmq3hf6vv6rlazx8m11w41pnym4kwr3ivz"
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "type": "Channel",
       "name": "nixpkgs-unstable",