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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/fix-gc-dry-run.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/fix-gc-dry-run.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6095d7727 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/fix-gc-dry-run.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +--- +synopsis: Fix nix-collect-garbage --dry-run +issues: [fj#432] +cls: [1566] +category: Fixes +credits: [quantumjump] +--- + +`nix-collect-garbage --dry-run` did not previously give any output - it simply +exited without even checking to see what paths would be deleted. + +``` +$ nix-collect-garbage --dry-run +$ +``` + +We updated the behaviour of the flag such that instead it prints out how many +paths it *would* delete, but doesn't actually delete them. + +``` +$ nix-collect-garbage --dry-run +finding garbage collector roots... +determining live/dead paths... +... +<nix store paths> +... +2670 store paths deleted, 0.00MiB freed +$ +``` |