shell.nix

{
  # use the environment channel
  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {},

  # use a pinned package state
  pinned ? import(fetchTarball("https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/c75037bbf909.tar.gz")) {},
}:
let
  # get these python packages from nix
  python_packages = python-packages: [
    python-packages.pip
  ];

  # use this pyton version, and include the abvoe packages
  python = pinned.python39.withPackages python_packages;
in pinned.stdenv.mkDerivation {
  # unique project name for this environment derivation
  name = "system-tests.devshell";

  buildInputs = [
    # version to use + default packages are declared above
    python

    # linters
    pinned.shellcheck

    # for scripts
    pinned.bash
    pinned.fswatch
    pinned.rsync
  ];

  shellHook = ''
    export PYTHON_VERSION="$(python -c 'import platform; import re; print(re.sub(r"\.\d+$", "", platform.python_version()))')"

    # replicate virtualenv behaviour
    export PIP_PREFIX="$PWD/vendor/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/packages"
    export PYTHONPATH="$PIP_PREFIX/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
    unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
    export PATH="$PIP_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"

    # hack: can't find libstdc++.so.8 otherwise
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pinned.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib"
  '';
}