From 4797c9b07d02edb007ea300b9f287ff7b541f22b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grey Jones <grey@greyweather.dev>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 23:13:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add README.md

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+### installation
+first, you must edit /etc/nixos/configuration.nix to include the following:
+```
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [
+    ...
+  ];
+
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = [
+    "nix-command"
+    "flakes"
+  ];
+
+  ...
+
+  networking.hostname = "<hostname>";
+}
+```
+
+then, run `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` once to apply those changes.
+
+finally, run `sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /home/grey/nixos#<hostname>` to apply the flake.
+
+now you have access to `nh os switch ~/nixos`, and shouldn't touch the global config ever again.
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