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| author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2021-01-12 23:51:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2021-01-12 23:53:53 +0100 |
| commit | 2f463e90ed077e066455a9ef6e024b18fd61c4de (patch) | |
| tree | 084202dcb864fad2a0e2e681f4d16923bb32b0b0 /src/nix/profile-history.md | |
| parent | 29007f8bc6ea42ae1f8311f00c0b5e14f04ec9e5 (diff) | |
Add 'nix profile history' command
Replaces 'nix-env --list-generations'. Similar to 'nix profile
diff-closures' but shows only the changes in top-level packages.
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diff --git a/src/nix/profile-history.md b/src/nix/profile-history.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d0fe40c82 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/nix/profile-history.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +R""( + +# Examples + +* Show the changes between each version of your default profile: + + ```console + # nix profile history + Version 508 -> 509: + flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.awscli: ∅ -> 1.17.13 + + Version 509 -> 510: + flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.awscli: 1.17.13 -> 1.18.211 + ``` + +# Description + +This command shows what packages were added, removed or upgraded +between subsequent versions of a profile. It only shows top-level +packages, not dependencies; for that, use [`nix profile +diff-closures`](./nix3-profile-diff-closures.md). + +The addition of a package to a profile is denoted by the string `∅ ->` +*version*, whereas the removal is denoted by *version* `-> ∅`. + +)"" |