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commit 40e7af92630a78b2b4541fcde961c21d152690de
parent a8b2e4e78daa7c27f2655c17e19c1842325be97d
Author: Daniel Barlow <dan@telent.net>
Date:   Mon,  9 Aug 2021 00:28:48 +0100

create and document run_watch shell function

Diffstat:
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README.md
 | 
4
++++
M
shell.nix
 | 
7
++++++-

2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ add, generate, edit, show a password, search password names.
 * the gemset.nix and shell.nix are for Nix users. If you need to edit
 the Gemfile, use `bundle lock && nix run nixpkgs.bundix -c bundix` to
 regenerate gemset.nix
+
+* if you have `entr` installed, you can get fast test feedback by doing
+`find . -type f | entr cucumber --publish-quiet -i`. For Nix users,
+there is an alias `run_watch` that does this
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@ let gems = bundlerEnv {
     };
 in mkShell {
   packages = [ gems gems.wrappedRuby pkgs.age pkgs.entr ];
-  watch = "find . -type f | entr cucumber --publish-quiet -i";
+  shellHook = ''
+    run_watch() {
+      find . -type f | entr cucumber --publish-quiet -i;
+    }
+  '';
+
 }