nix-update/README.md

nix-update

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

Dependencies

• python 3
• nix-prefetch

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