Swiss-knife for updating nix packages.
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nix-update

Update nix packages likes it is 2020. This tool is still in early development.

Dependencies

USAGE

First change to your directory containing the nix expression (Could be a nixpkgs or your own repository). Than run nix-update as follows

$ python nix-update.py attribute [version]

This example will fetch the latest github release:

$ python nix-update.py nixpkgs-review

It is also possible to specify the version manually

$ python nix-update.py nixpkgs-review 2.1.1

TODO

  • make it a proper python/nix package
  • optionally commit update
  • optionally(?) build update