Check for flake-dirs clash with inputs

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Luc Perkins
2024-05-23 15:55:25 -03:00
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path-to-flake-dir: 'nix/' # in this example our flake doesn't sit at the root of the repository, it sits under 'nix/flake.nix'
```
You can also run the update operation in multiple directories, provide that each directory is a valid flake:
You can also run the update operation in multiple directories, provided that each directory is a valid flake:
```yaml
- name: Update flake.lock
@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ You can also run the update operation in multiple directories, provide that each
flake3
```
> **Warning**: If you choose multiple directories, `update-flake-lock` can only update all flake inputs,
> meaning that you can't set the `inputs` parameter. This is due to limitations in input handling in
> GitHub Actions, which only allows for strings, numbers, Booleans, and arrays but not objects, which
> would be the much preferred data type for expressing per-directory inputs.
## Example using a different Git user
If you want to change the author and / or committer of the flake.lock update commit, you can tweak the `git-{author,committer}-{name,email}` options: