Warning: This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix registry add - add/replace flake in user flake registry
Synopsis
nix registry add [option...] from-url to-url
Examples
-
Set the
nixpkgsflake identifier to a specific branch of Nixpkgs:# nix registry add nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-20.03 -
Pin
nixpkgsto a specific revision:# nix registry add nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/925b70cd964ceaedee26fde9b19cc4c4f081196a -
Add an entry that redirects a specific branch of
nixpkgsto another fork:# nix registry add nixpkgs/nixos-20.03 ~/Dev/nixpkgs -
Add
nixpkgspointing togithub:nixos/nixpkgsto your custom flake registry:nix registry add --registry ./custom-flake-registry.json nixpkgs github:nixos/nixpkgs
Description
This command adds an entry to the user registry that maps flake reference from-url to flake reference to-url. If an entry for from-url already exists, it is overwritten.
Entries can be removed using nix registry remove.
Options
--registryregistry
The registry to operate on.
Common evaluation options:
-
--argname expr
Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--argstrname string
Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--eval-storestore-url
The Nix store to use for evaluations. -
--impure
Allow access to mutable paths and repositories. -
--include/-Ipath
Add path to the list of locations used to look up<...>file names. -
--override-flakeoriginal-ref resolved-ref
Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.