Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix flake update - update flake lock file
Synopsis
nix flake update [option...] inputs...
Examples
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Update all inputs (i.e. recreate the lock file from scratch):
# nix flake update warning: updating lock file '/home/myself/repos/testflake/flake.lock': • Updated input 'nix': 'github:NixOS/nix/9fab14adbc3810d5cc1f88672fde1eee4358405c' (2023-06-28) → 'github:NixOS/nix/8927cba62f5afb33b01016d5c4f7f8b7d0adde3c' (2023-07-11) • Updated input 'nixpkgs': 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3d2d8f281a27d466fa54b469b5993f7dde198375' (2023-06-30) → 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/a3a3dda3bacf61e8a39258a0ed9c924eeca8e293' (2023-07-05) -
Update only a single input:
# nix flake update nixpkgs warning: updating lock file '/home/myself/repos/testflake/flake.lock': • Updated input 'nixpkgs': 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3d2d8f281a27d466fa54b469b5993f7dde198375' (2023-06-30) → 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/a3a3dda3bacf61e8a39258a0ed9c924eeca8e293' (2023-07-05) -
Update only a single input of a flake in a different directory:
# nix flake update nixpkgs --flake ~/repos/another warning: updating lock file '/home/myself/repos/another/flake.lock': • Updated input 'nixpkgs': 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3d2d8f281a27d466fa54b469b5993f7dde198375' (2023-06-30) → 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/a3a3dda3bacf61e8a39258a0ed9c924eeca8e293' (2023-07-05)Note
When trying to refer to a flake in a subdirectory, write
./anotherinstead ofanother. Otherwise Lix will try to look up the flake in the registry.
Description
This command updates the inputs in a lock file (flake.lock).
By default, all inputs are updated. If the lock file doesn't exist
yet, it will be created. If inputs are not in the lock file yet, they will be added.
Unlike other nix flake commands, nix flake update takes a list of names of inputs
to update as its positional arguments and operates on the flake in the current directory.
You can pass a different flake-url with --flake to override that default.
The related command nix flake lock
also creates lock files and adds missing inputs, but is safer as it
will never update inputs already in the lock file.
Options
--flakeflake-url The flake to operate on. Default is the current directory.
Common evaluation options:
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--argname expr Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--argstrname string Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--debuggerStart an interactive environment if evaluation fails. -
--eval-storestore-url The URL of the Nix store to use for evaluation, i.e. to store derivations (.drvfiles) and inputs referenced by them. -
--impureAllow access to mutable paths and repositories. -
--include/-Ipath Add path to the Nix search path. The Nix search path is initialized from the colon-separatedNIX_PATHenvironment variable, and is used to look up the location of Nix expressions using paths enclosed in angle brackets (i.e.,<nixpkgs>).For instance, passing
-I /home/eelco/Dev -I /etc/nixoswill cause Lix to look for paths relative to
/home/eelco/Devand/etc/nixos, in that order. This is equivalent to setting theNIX_PATHenvironment variable to/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixosIt is also possible to match paths against a prefix. For example, passing
-I nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch -I /etc/nixoswill cause Lix to search for
<nixpkgs/path>in/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch/pathand/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/path.If a path in the Nix search path starts with
http://orhttps://, it is interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must consist of a single top-level directory. For example, passing-I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gztells Lix to download and use the current contents of the
masterbranch in thenixpkgsrepository.The URLs of the tarballs from the official
nixos.orgchannels (see the manual page fornix-channel) can be abbreviated aschannel:<channel-name>. For instance, the following two flags are equivalent:-I nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05 -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xzYou can also fetch source trees using flake URLs and add them to the search path. For instance,
-I nixpkgs=flake:nixpkgsspecifies that the prefix
nixpkgsshall refer to the source tree downloaded from thenixpkgsentry in the flake registry. Similarly,-I nixpkgs=flake:github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05makes
<nixpkgs>refer to a particular branch of theNixOS/nixpkgsrepository on GitHub. -
--override-flakeoriginal-ref resolved-ref Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.
Common flake-related options:
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--commit-lock-fileCommit changes to the flake's lock file. -
--inputs-fromflake-url Use the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries. -
--no-registriesDon't allow lookups in the flake registries. This option is deprecated; use--no-use-registries. -
--output-lock-fileflake-lock-path Write the given lock file instead offlake.lockwithin the top-level flake. -
--override-inputinput-path flake-url Override a specific flake input (e.g.dwarffs/nixpkgs). This implies--no-write-lock-file. -
--reference-lock-fileflake-lock-path Read the given lock file instead offlake.lockwithin the top-level flake.
Logging-related options:
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--debugSet the logging verbosity level to 'debug'. -
--log-formatformat Set the format of log output; one ofraw,internal-json,bar,bar-with-logs,multilineormultiline-with-logs. -
--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error. -
--quietDecrease the logging verbosity level. -
--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level.
Miscellaneous global options:
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--helpShow usage information. -
--offlineDisable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. -
--optionname value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overridingnix.conf). -
--refreshConsider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. -
--repairDuring evaluation, rewrite missing or corrupted files in the Nix store. During building, rebuild missing or corrupted store paths. -
--versionShow version information.
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.