CI: Add a new workflow that tries to automatically update nix hashes

.github/workflows/update-hash.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Update nix hashes
+
+on:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  update-hash:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        # This is needed to be able to push and trigger CI with that push
+        token: ${{ secrets.NIV_UPDATER_TOKEN }}
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v13
+      with:
+        nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.11
+    - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v10
+      with:
+        name: ic-hs-test
+        authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
+    - name: Update drun cargo hash
+      run: |
+        cd nix
+        nix shell -f . nix-update -c nix-update --version=skip drun
+    - name: Commit changes
+      uses: EndBug/[email protected]
+      with:
+        author_name: Nix hash updater
+        author_email: "<[email protected]>"
+        message: "Updating nix hashes"
+        # do not pull: if this branch is behind, then we might as well let
+        # the pushing fail
+        pull: "NO-PULL"

default.nix

@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ rec {
           nixpkgs.ocamlPackages.utop
           nixpkgs.fswatch
           nixpkgs.niv
+          nixpkgs.nix-update
           nixpkgs.rlwrap # for `rlwrap moc`
         ]
       ));

nix/drun.nix

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pkgs:
       # To automate this, try running the following in the nix/ directory
       # nix run -f https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update/archive/master.tar.gz -c nix-update --version=skip drun
 
-      cargoSha256 = "sha256:1m2a12ds4bpg3v0wfn4svcplr68118vcdzs5mvll6s71j9bpgqli";
+      cargoSha256 = "sha256-7rlHdG7TYwvCZ77yqBXUZ3LfKb6brqDolKyATFunphg=";
 
       nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
         pkg-config