From 936fe92762dc18c7dd03627745a2911bfa3d1926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.ch>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 10:14:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] build: explain current alternative

---
 flake.nix | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0fda72eb..4ae0fd2d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
         defaultPackage = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           name = "lldpd";
           # We should be able to just use ./., but we have libevent as a submodule.
+          # Currently, an alternative would be to use:
+          #  nix build "git+file://$(pwd)?submodules=1"
+          # See:
+          # - https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/5434
+          # - https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/5497
           src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
           configureFlags = [
             "--localstatedir=/var"
-- 
2.39.5