nix3-flake-show(1)

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

Name

nix flake show - show the outputs provided by a flake

Synopsis

nix flake show [option…] flake-url

Examples

•   Show the output attributes provided by the patchelf flake:

    github:NixOS/patchelf/f34751b88bd07d7f44f5cd3200fb4122bf916c7e
    ├───checks
    │   ├───aarch64-linux
    │   │   └───build: derivation 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   ├───i686-linux
    │   │   └───build: derivation 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   └───x86_64-linux
    │       └───build: derivation 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    ├───defaultPackage
    │   ├───aarch64-linux: package 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   ├───i686-linux: package 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   └───x86_64-linux: package 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    ├───hydraJobs
    │   ├───build
    │   │   ├───aarch64-linux: derivation 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   │   ├───i686-linux: derivation 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   │   └───x86_64-linux: derivation 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   ├───coverage: derivation 'patchelf-coverage-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   ├───release: derivation 'patchelf-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    │   └───tarball: derivation 'patchelf-tarball-0.12.20201207.f34751b'
    └───overlay: Nixpkgs overlay

Description

This command shows the output attributes provided by the flake specified by flake reference flake-url. These are the top-level attributes in the outputs of the flake, as well as lower-level attributes for some standard outputs (e.g. packages or checks).

With --json, the output is in a JSON representation suitable for automatic processing by other tools.

Options

•   --json
    Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program.

•   --legacy
    Show the contents of the legacyPackages output.

Common evaluation options:

•   --arg name expr
    Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions.

•   --argstr name string
    Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions.

•   --eval-store store-url
    The Nix store to use for evaluations.

•   --impure
    Allow access to mutable paths and repositories.

•   --include / -I path
    Add path to the list of locations used to look up <...> file names.

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

Common flake-related options:

•   --commit-lock-file
    Commit changes to the flake’s lock file.

•   --inputs-from flake-url
    Use the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries.

•   --no-registries
    Don’t allow lookups in the flake registries. This option is deprecated; use --no-use-registries.

•   --no-update-lock-file
    Do not allow any updates to the flake’s lock file.

•   --no-write-lock-file
    Do not write the flake’s newly generated lock file.

•   --override-input input-path flake-url
    Override a specific flake input (e.g. dwarffs/nixpkgs). This implies --no-write-lock-file.

•   --recreate-lock-file
    Recreate the flake’s lock file from scratch.

•   --update-input input-path
    Update a specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in the lock file).