From 801344766138395b36ebcc4b076c1fd1027a904f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo McNally <hugo.mcnally@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:56:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] nix: Added descriptions to apps

Nix now shows a warning for apps that don't have descriptions.
```
warning: app 'apps.x86_64-linux.lint-cpp' lacks attribute 'meta.description'
```
---
 flake.nix | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index cfe4b0a..4972a85 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
         value = {
           type = "app";
           program = getExe program;
+          meta.description = "Part of the Sonata Software lints and tests suite.";
         };
       }) [lint-all lint-cpp lint-python tests-runner tests-fpga-runner]);
     };

From b33333a770ddc7376f29683e786a1fe4e4a806c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo McNally <hugo.mcnally@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:57:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] nix: switched over to the new submodules flake attribute

In the latest release of Nix, one can now declare that they'd like
submodules included within the flake files inputs.
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 14 +++++++-------
 flake.nix                |  1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0d288ae..8ee73ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ jobs:
         run: nix fmt -- . --check --exclude ./third_party --exclude ./cheriot-rtos
 
       - name: Run Lints
-        run: nix run .?submodules=1#lint-all
+        run: nix run .#lint-all
 
       - name: Build Software
         run: |
-          nix build -L .?submodules=1#sonata-exercises
-          nix build -L .?submodules=1#sonata-examples
-          nix build -L .?submodules=1#sonata-automotive-demo-legacy-component
-          nix build -L .?submodules=1#sonata-heartbleed-demo-legacy-component
-          nix build -L .?submodules=1#sonata-tests
+          nix build -L .#sonata-exercises
+          nix build -L .#sonata-examples
+          nix build -L .#sonata-automotive-demo-legacy-component
+          nix build -L .#sonata-heartbleed-demo-legacy-component
+          nix build -L .#sonata-tests
 
       - name: Run Nix Checks
-        run: nix flake check -L .?submodules=1#
+        run: nix flake check -L .#
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4972a85..00b7244 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {
   description = "Sonata software";
   inputs = {
+    self.submodules = true;
     sonata-system.url = "github:lowRISC/sonata-system";
     lowrisc-nix.follows = "sonata-system/lowrisc-nix";
     nixpkgs.follows = "lowrisc-nix/nixpkgs";