add helper/update-flake.sh

This greatly simplifies updating nixpkgs.
See the comment at the top of update-flake.sh for a description.

helper/update-flake.nix

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+{ prevVersions ? null }:
+let
+  flake = builtins.getFlake (toString ../.);
+  inherit (flake.inputs.nixpkgs) lib;
+in rec {
+  # Convert the list of pinned pkgs to an attrset with form
+  # {
+  #   stable = { bitcoind = "0.21.1"; ... };
+  #   unstable = { btcpayserver = "1.2.1"; ... };
+  # }
+  # A pinned pkg is added to `stable` if the stable and unstable pkg versions
+  # are identical.
+  versions = let
+    pinned = flake.nbPkgs.x86_64-linux.pinned;
+    pinnedPkgs = lib.filterAttrs (n: v: lib.isDerivation v) pinned;
+    stable = pinned.pkgs;
+    unstable = pinned.pkgsUnstable;
+    isStable = builtins.partition (pkgName:
+      !(unstable ? "${pkgName}") ||
+      ((stable ? "${pkgName}") && stable.${pkgName}.version == unstable.${pkgName}.version)
+    ) (builtins.attrNames pinnedPkgs);
+  in {
+    stable   = lib.genAttrs isStable.right (pkgName: stable.${pkgName}.version);
+    unstable = lib.genAttrs isStable.wrong (pkgName: unstable.${pkgName}.version);
+  };
+
+  showUpdates = let
+    prev = builtins.fromJSON prevVersions;
+    prevPkgs = prev.stable // prev.unstable;
+    mapFilter = f: xs: lib.remove null (map f xs);
+
+    mkChanges = title: pkgs:
+      let
+        lines = mapFilter (pkgName:
+          let
+            version = pkgs.${pkgName};
+            prevVersion = prevPkgs.${pkgName};
+          in
+            if version != prevVersion then
+              "${pkgName}: ${prevVersion} -> ${version}"
+            else
+              null
+        ) (builtins.attrNames pkgs);
+      in
+        if lines == [] then
+             null
+        else
+          builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" ([title] ++ lines);
+
+    changes = [
+      (mkChanges "Pkg updates in nixpkgs stable:" versions.stable)
+      (mkChanges "Pkg updates in nixpkgs unstable:" versions.unstable)
+    ];
+
+    allChanges = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n\n" (lib.remove null changes);
+  in
+    if allChanges == "" then
+      "No pkg version updates."
+    else
+      allChanges;
+
+  pinnedFile = let
+    toLines = pkgs: builtins.concatStringsSep "\n    " (builtins.attrNames pkgs);
+  in ''
+    # This file is generated by ../helper/update-flake.nix
+    pkgs: pkgsUnstable:
+    {
+      inherit (pkgs)
+        ${toLines versions.stable};
+
+      inherit (pkgsUnstable)
+        ${toLines versions.unstable};
+
+      inherit pkgs pkgsUnstable;
+    }
+  '';
+}

helper/update-flake.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# This script does the following:
+# - Update all flake inputs, including nixpkgs
+# - Print version updates of pinned pkgs like so:
+#     Pkg updates in nixpkgs unstable:
+#     bitcoin: 0.20.0 -> 0.21.1
+#     btcpayserver: 1.1.0 -> 1.1.2
+# - Write ../pkgs/pinned.nix:
+#     Packages for which the stable und unstable versions are identical are
+#     pinned to stable.
+#     All other pkgs are pinned to unstable.
+
+# cd to script dir
+cd "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
+
+if [[ $(nix flake 2>&1) != *"requires a sub-command"* ]]; then
+    echo "Error. This script requires nix flake support."
+    echo "https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes#Installing_flakes"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ${1:-} != -f ]] && ! git diff --quiet ../flake.{nix,lock}; then
+    echo "error: flake.nix/flake.lock have changes. Run with option -f to ignore."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+versions=$(nix eval --json -f update-flake.nix versions)
+
+## Uncomment the following to generate a version change message for testing
+# versions=$(echo "$versions" | sed 's|1|0|g')
+
+nix flake update ..
+
+echo
+nix eval --raw -f update-flake.nix --argstr prevVersions "$versions" showUpdates; echo
+
+pinned=../pkgs/pinned.nix
+pinnedSrc=$(nix eval --raw -f update-flake.nix --argstr prevVersions "$versions" pinnedFile)
+if [[ $pinnedSrc != $(cat "$pinned") ]]; then
+    echo "$pinnedSrc" > "$pinned"
+    echo
+    echo "Updated pinned.nix"
+fi