From 57fee5b63eb48ac107d8e08700ea9718fa4be5a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emile Clark-Boman <emile@agribit.com.au>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:41:13 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] add mix bootstrap function

---
 nt/primitives/mix/bootstrap.nix | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 nt/primitives/mix/bootstrap.nix

diff --git a/nt/primitives/mix/bootstrap.nix b/nt/primitives/mix/bootstrap.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..607f24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nt/primitives/mix/bootstrap.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# WARNING: This file is strictly for bootstrapping nt
+rec {
+  # NOTE: bootstrap does the equivalent to mix's `include.public` option.
+  # NOTE: It also provides itself as input to descendents.
+  bootstrap = args: paths: let
+    input = args // {inherit this bootstrap;};
+    this = paths |> builtins.foldl' (acc: el: acc // import el input) {};
+  in
+    this;
+}