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-# This file is only relevant for Nix and NixOS users.
-# What's actually meant by "Nix" here is not UNIX, but the *package manager* Nix, see https://nixos.org/.
-# If you are
-#   on macOS (and not using nix-darwin)
-#   or on Windows (and not using Nix in WSL),
-# you can carelessly ignore this file.
-#
-# Otherwise, if you *do* use Nix the package manager,
-# this file declares
-#   common dependencies
-#   and some nice tools
-# which you'll most likely need when working with wgpu.
-# Feel free to copy it into your own project if deemed useful.
-#
-# To use this file, just run `nix-shell` in this folder,
-# which will drop you into a shell
-# with all the deps needed for building wgpu available.
-#
-# Or if you're using direnv (https://direnv.net/),
-# use `direnv allow` to automatically always use this file
-# if you're navigating into this or a subfolder.
-
-{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
-
-pkgs.mkShell rec {
-  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-    # necessary for building wgpu in 3rd party packages (in most cases)
-    libxkbcommon
-    wayland xorg.libX11 xorg.libXcursor xorg.libXrandr xorg.libXi
-    alsa-lib
-    fontconfig freetype
-    shaderc directx-shader-compiler
-    pkg-config cmake
-    mold # could use any linker, needed for rustix (but mold is fast)
-
-    libGL
-    vulkan-headers vulkan-loader
-    vulkan-tools vulkan-tools-lunarg
-    vulkan-extension-layer
-    vulkan-validation-layers # don't need them *strictly* but immensely helpful
-
-    # necessary for developing (all of) wgpu itself
-    cargo-nextest cargo-fuzz
-
-    # nice for developing wgpu itself
-    typos 
-
-    # if you don't already have rust installed through other means,
-    # this shell.nix can do that for you with this below
-    yq # for tomlq below
-    rustup
-
-    # nice tools
-    gdb rr
-    evcxr
-    valgrind
-    renderdoc
-  ];
-
-  shellHook = ''
-    export RUSTC_VERSION="$(tomlq -r .toolchain.channel rust-toolchain.toml)"
-    export PATH="$PATH:''${CARGO_HOME:-~/.cargo}/bin"
-    export PATH="$PATH:''${RUSTUP_HOME:-~/.rustup/toolchains/$RUSTC_VERSION-x86_64-unknown-linux/bin}"
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${builtins.toString (pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs)}";
-
-    rustup default $RUSTC_VERSION
-    rustup component add rust-src rust-analyzer
-  '';
-}