nix3-profile-history

Warning: This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix profile history - show all versions of a profile

Synopsis

nix profile history [option…]

Examples

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Show the changes between each version of your default profile:

# nix profile history
Version 508 (2020-04-10):
flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.awscli: â -> 1.17.13

Version 509 (2020-05-16) <- 508:
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 â -> version, whereas the removal is denoted by version -> â.

Options

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--profile path

The profile to update.

Common evaluation options:

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--arg name expr

Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions.

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--argstr name string

Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions.

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--eval-store store-url

The Nix store to use for evaluations.

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--impure

Allow access to mutable paths and repositories.

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--include / -I path

Add path to the list of locations used to look up <...> file names.

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--override-flake original-ref resolved-ref

Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.