v1.7 doesn't resolve relative non-flake inputs to a path on the filesystem

[sandydoo]

Nix 2.30 copies all git inputs to the store and then fails to resolve the paths. 2.24 would keep around the outPath and would resolve the root input to the local filesystem.

Hey @sandydoo is that the case of this issue as well?

I'm using it in my project like this:

inputs:
  nixpkgs-unstable:
    url: github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable
  nixpkgs:
    url: github:cachix/devenv-nixpkgs/rolling
  root:
    url: git+file://../
    flake: false
imports:
  - root/common
  - root/common/python.nix

After 1.7, my CI stopped working. It was working fine with 1.6. Is there any workaround for this use case?

Originally posted by @emdneto in #1990

[emdneto]

thank you @sandydoo