When and how should default.nix, shell.nix and release.nix be used?
First of all, default.nix and shell.nix have special meanings in Nix tool, but release.nix is a convenience one. Next, default.nix is used as a default file when running nix-build, and shell.nix is used as a default file when running nix-shell. Just like you said. Next, default.nix isn’t used only for nix-build. For example, <nixpkgs/lib/default.nix> is … Read more