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@@ -576,11 +576,13 @@ flakes, as long as the inputs drawing from them are declared with ## Tests -`tests/` contains NixOS VM tests for populate: one test per source type, and -one for features spanning sources, such as flake inputs from sources. Each -test deploys every combination of a source type's options to the deploying -machine itself, to a remote target as `root`, and to a remote target using -`sudo`, and checks the result after deploying and after deploying again. +`tests/` contains NixOS VM tests for populate: one test per source type, one +for features spanning sources, such as flake inputs from sources, one for edge +cases of flakes, such as unusual lock files, and one for the arguments +`writeDeploy` passes to `nixos-rebuild`. The tests deploy every combination +of a source type's options to the deploying machine itself, to a remote target +as `root`, and to a remote target using `sudo`, and check the result after +deploying and after deploying again. The tests require KVM and nixpkgs with `pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest` (23.05 or later), and use `<nixpkgs>` by default. |