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+# Dev Shells with Nix
+
+This repo contains a bunch of handy dev shells that can used on any system that has the nix package manager installed.
+
+## Available shells
+
+### Go
+ - makes `go` and `gopls` available
+ - can be activated with `nix develop github:adtya/devshells#go`
+ - can also be activated with direnv by adding `use flake github:adtya/devshells#go` to `.envrc`
+
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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       };
     in
     {
+      devShells = {
+        go = import ./go.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+      };
     }
   );
 }
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+{ pkgs }: pkgs.mkShell {
+  packages = with pkgs; [ go gopls ];
+}