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+default:
+  image: nixos/nix:2.16.1
+
+stages:
+  - update_flake_lock
+  - build
+  - apply
+  - commit_flake
+
+update_flake_lock:
+  stage: update_flake_lock
+  script:
+    - nix flake update --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - nix-env --install colmena
+    - colmena build
+
+apply:
+  stage: apply
+  script:
+    - nix-env --install colmena
+    - colmena apply
+
+commit_flake:
+  stage: commit_flake
+  script:
+    - echo "commit_flake"
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