X-Git-Url: http://git.scottworley.com/pinch/blobdiff_plain/f8305e1d95d00d2fd62b577e9193c52da2230dc8..2ff7a17c1533ac49b6c55a13ad74bdd78d00649e:/README diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 80dcdce..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -# Deprecated - -Now that [flakes][https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes] are more or less ready for -general use, this is mostly of historical interest. - - -# Pinch - -PIN CHannels - a simple drop-in replacement for `nix-channel --update`. - -Example usage, being invoked on the example "channels" file included here: - - $ python3 pinch.py pin channels - $ python3 pinch.py update channels - - -The first "pin" command will add these fields to the file: - - [nixos] - channel_url = https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-20.03 - git_repo = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git - git_ref = nixos-20.03 - +release_name = nixos-20.03beta1155.29eddfc36d7 - +tarball_url = https://releases.nixos.org/nixos/20.03/nixos-20.03beta1155.29eddfc36d7/nixexprs.tar.xz - +tarball_sha256 = 9c1d182af2af64e5e8799e256a4a6dc1fed324ba06cb5f76c938dc63b64f0959 - +git_revision = 29eddfc36d720dcc4822581175217543b387b1e8 - - [nixos-hardware] - git_repo = https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware.git - git_ref = master - +release_name = nixos-hardware.git-1585241157-edb7199b5c4 - +git_revision = edb7199b5c4f1db34a7253d4cabf6cf690521a92 - -The second "update" command applies these changes to your nix channels, like `nix-channel --update` does. - -### Feature comparison - -| Feature | nix-channel | [require.nix][] | [niv][] | [flakes][] | pinch | -| ---------------------------- | :---------: | :-------------: | :-----: | :--------: | :---: | -| Same version across machines | - | yes | yes | yes | yes | -| Verifies hashes | - | ? | yes | yes | yes | -| Fetch from git | - | ? | yes | yes | yes | -| Fetch from git with ssh key | - | ? | yes | yes? | yes | -| command_not_found_handle | yes | ? | - | yes | yes | -| Verifies tarball == git repo | - | - | - | - | yes | -| Rejects force pushes | - | - | - | - | yes | -| Ready to use today | yes | - | yes | yes | yes | - -[require.nix]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHOLjsyXPtM -[niv]: https://github.com/nmattia/niv -[flakes]: https://github.com/nixos/rfcs/pull/49