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1 | # Pinch |
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3 | PIN CHannels - a simple drop-in replacement for `nix-channel --update`. | |
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5 | Example usage, being invoked on the example "channels" file included here: | |
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7 | $ pinch pin channels |
8 | $ pinch update channels | |
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11 | The first "pin" command will add these fields to the file: | |
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13 | [nixos] | |
14 | channel_url = https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-20.03 | |
15 | git_repo = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git | |
16 | git_ref = nixos-20.03 | |
17 | +release_name = nixos-20.03beta1155.29eddfc36d7 | |
18 | +tarball_url = https://releases.nixos.org/nixos/20.03/nixos-20.03beta1155.29eddfc36d7/nixexprs.tar.xz | |
19 | +tarball_sha256 = 9c1d182af2af64e5e8799e256a4a6dc1fed324ba06cb5f76c938dc63b64f0959 | |
20 | +git_revision = 29eddfc36d720dcc4822581175217543b387b1e8 | |
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22 | [nixos-hardware] | |
23 | git_repo = https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware.git | |
24 | git_ref = master | |
25 | +release_name = nixos-hardware.git-1585241157-edb7199b5c4 | |
26 | +git_revision = edb7199b5c4f1db34a7253d4cabf6cf690521a92 | |
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28 | The second "update" command applies these changes to your nix channels, like `nix-channel --update` does. | |
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30 | ### Feature comparison |
31 | ||
32 | | Feature | nix-channel | [require.nix][] | [niv][] | [flakes][] | pinch | | |
33 | | ---------------------------- | :---------: | :-------------: | :-----: | :--------: | :---: | | |
34 | | Same version across machines | - | yes | yes | yes | yes | | |
35 | | Verifies hashes | - | ? | yes | yes | yes | | |
36 | | Fetch from git | - | ? | yes | yes | yes | | |
37 | | Fetch from git with ssh key | - | ? | yes | yes? | yes | | |
38 | | command_not_found_handle | yes | ? | - | yes | yes | | |
39 | | Verifies tarball == git repo | - | - | - | - | yes | | |
40 | | Rejects force pushes | - | - | - | - | yes | | |
fd9d5da1 | 41 | | Ready to use today | yes | - | yes | yes | yes | |
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43 | [require.nix]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHOLjsyXPtM | |
44 | [niv]: https://github.com/nmattia/niv | |
45 | [flakes]: https://github.com/nixos/rfcs/pull/49 |