From 1c603187ed36886a589a28c53bc10fe782eed595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gil Forsyth <gil@forsyth.dev>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:52:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs(nix): add configuration notes to nix environment setup

Benefits of a new laptop, running through setup instructions and finding
the missing bits.
---
 docs/contribute/01_environment.qmd | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/contribute/01_environment.qmd b/docs/contribute/01_environment.qmd
index 45a8b0c2d45b..f9fccdae6fbc 100644
--- a/docs/contribute/01_environment.qmd
+++ b/docs/contribute/01_environment.qmd
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ for manager, params in managers.items():
 |                                **Windows** |         {{< fa ban >}}[^unlikely]         |         {{< fa ban >}}          |         {{< fa ban >}}          |
 
 1.  [Install `nix`](https://nixos.org/download.html)
+1.  Configure `nix`
+
+    Edit/create your `nix.conf` file (`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nix/nix.conf`) and add the line
+
+    ```sh
+    experimental-features = nix-command flakes
+    ```
+
 1.  Install `gh`:
 
     ::: {.panel-tabset}