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+name: Nix Build
+
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+     - "README.md"
+     - ".gitignore"
+     - "Makefile"
+     - ".gitattributes"
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [update-flake]
+    types: [completed]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-nixos:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps: 
+      - name: "Maximize Disk Space"
+        uses: easimon/maximize-build-space@v8
+        with:
+          root-reserve-mb: 8192
+          swap-size-mb: 1024
+          build-mount-path: /nix
+          remove-dotnet: "true"
+          remove-android: "true"
+          remove-haskell: "true"
+          remove-codeql: "true"
+          remove-docker-images: "true"
+      
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: "Install Nix ❄️"
+        uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v26
+
+      - name: "Install Cachix ❄️"
+        uses: cachix/cachix-action@v14
+        with:
+          name: shades-nixos-config
+          authToken: "${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}"
+         
+        
+      - name: "Build NixOS config ❄️"
+        run: |
+          nix build .\#nixosConfigurations."earth".config.system.build.toplevel