Issue with page /start/nix-build/

[hknlof]

Hi Team,

thank you for your guide.

nix build fails for me with

error: path '/nix/store/0ccnxa25whszw7mgbgyzdm4nqc0zwnm8-source/nix-rust-pkg/flake.nix' does not exist

Everything up to that point worked as expected.

Commands leading up to nix build

➜  nix-rust-pkg git:(main) ✗ mkdir nix-rust-pkg && cd nix-rust-pkg
➜  nix-rust-pkg git:(main) ✗ nix flake init --template "github:DeterminateSystems/zero-to-nix#rust-pkg"

Versions

ProductName:            macOS
ProductVersion:         15.1.1
BuildVersion:           24B91

➜  nix-rust-pkg git:(main) ✗ arch
arm64

➜  nix-rust-pkg git:(main) ✗ zsh --version
zsh 5.9 (arm64-apple-darwin24.0)

➜  nix-rust-pkg git:(main) ✗ nix --version
nix (Nix) 2.25.3

Thanks!

[maxheld83]

I ran into the same problem *when placing nix-rust-pkg inside an existing git repo, as you also appear to have done @hknlof ( nix-rust-pkg git:(main) ✗ mkdir nix-rust-pkg).

For me, the problem goes away if I either:

• git init a new repo at nix-rust-pkg/ or
• start the whole mkdir ... from a path without a pre-existing repo

@hknlof can you confirm whether this is the same for you so we can narrow this down?

[maxheld83]

and if so, I suspect this is a duplicate of #345.

[hknlof]

@maxheld83 Thank you for you response and great work on zero-to-nix. Using a non git directory resolves this for me.

Closing because, as mentioned, this being a duplicate #345