From: Scott Worley Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:34:28 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Links & feature comparison with require.nix, niv, flakes X-Git-Tag: v3.0.1~3 X-Git-Url: http://git.scottworley.com/pinch/commitdiff_plain/c36b350d8762bccc7a434bcbdd5587066f931061?ds=sidebyside;hp=1c2be76a004c61939e70baf025f0e3cc710f082b Links & feature comparison with require.nix, niv, flakes --- diff --git a/README b/README index 5c45107..46b1d14 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -27,8 +27,19 @@ The first "pin" command will add these fields to the file: The second "update" command applies these changes to your nix channels, like `nix-channel --update` does. -Advantages over nix-channel: - - * Deploy the exact same channel content to multiple machines. - * Store your pin file in revision control for more powerful rollback mechanism than `nix-channel --rollback`. - * Channel contents are verified by hash before being installed. +### 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 | + +[require.nix]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHOLjsyXPtM +[niv]: https://github.com/nmattia/niv +[flakes]: https://github.com/nixos/rfcs/pull/49