adding nix-chameleon-shell.sh

default.nix

@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ in
     lammps           = (argopkgs.applications.nrm.lammps.overrideAttrs  (old: {src = lammps-src;}     )).override {libnrm = libnrm;};
 
     test = argopkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-      name = "env";
-      env = argopkgs.buildEnv { name = name; paths = buildInputs;};
+      name = "testEnv";
+      installPhase = "mkdir $out";
+      unpackPhase = "true";
+      dontStrip = true;
+      buildPhase = "true";
       buildInputs =  [
         argotk
         argopkgs.coreutils

nix-chameleon-shell.sh

+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+echo "nix-chameleon-shell.sh: building locally."
+storePath=${1:-$(nix-build default.nix -A test)}                                            # Building an environment
+derivationPath=$(nix show-derivation $storePath | jq -r "keys| @csv" | sed s/\"//g)         # Inelegant path query
+echo "nix-chameleon-shell.sh: copying closure."
+NIX_SSHOPTS="source .profile;" nix-copy-closure --include-outputs --to ${2:-cc@192.5.87.189} $derivationPath  # Copying the dependency tree over to chameleon
+echo "nix-chameleon-shell.sh: entering a remote shell."
+ssh -t ${2:-cc@192.5.87.189} "source .profile; nix-shell $derivationPath"                   # Entering its environment over ssh