doc: Add nix documentation to developers guide

doc/developers-guide/developers-guide.md

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  destroy_ln
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 ## Using Polar
 
 [Polar](https://lightningpolar.com/) offers a one-click setup of Lightning Network for local app development & testing.
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+## Using Nix
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+Install [Nix](https://nixos.org/download/)
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+Update git submodules `git submodule update --init --recursive`.
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+The entry point is `flake.nix` in the root of the project, where the inputs and outputs are defined.
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+`nix develop` will create the default shell env with the build and runtime dependencies of the cln package. Then you can call `make` manually and the project will compile as usual.
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+`nix develop .#rust` will create a shell env for developing rust.
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+`nix build .?submodules=1` will build the default package (cln).
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+`nix flake check .?submodules=1` will build the cln and rust packages. Rust tests are run during the build. There are also checks to run cargo audit and nixfmt.
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+If you have nix installed you can use `nix run "git+https://github.com/hashrelay/lightning?ref=flake&submodules=1#lightningd"` to run lightningd without having to manually clone the repo. This make use of the flake output apps.