0060d9f · nix-container

git.iko.soy/nix-container

Replace existing container on 'c init'

commit0060d9fbfbfca2c895edc1c974c7b835f061af55 authoriko <mail@iko.soy> dateSat 27 Jun 2026, 21:15 (3 months ago) parent8d81911

2 files changed+5−5

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README.md+2−4

@@ -75,12 +75,10 @@ Working from a checkout, [`./c init`](./c) / `./c start` are equivalent — and

7575

7676## Re-running after a rebuild

7777

78−`container` keeps the loaded image and the created container, so remove them

79−before re-initialising:

78+Just run `init` again — it reloads the image and replaces the existing container

79+(removing the old one first), so there's nothing to clean up:

8080

8181```sh

82−container rm <dir> # the container is named after the directory

83−container image rm nix-container:latest

8482nix run github:ilyakooo0/nix-container -- init

8583```

8684

c+3−1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

11#!/usr/bin/env fish

22# Manage a container named after the current directory.

3−# c init [-c FILE] [extra create args] build + load the image, then create it

3+# c init [-c FILE] [extra create args] build + load the image, then (re)create it

44# (packages from FILE, default ./container.nix)

55# c start start it and attach

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ switch $argv[1]

4545 rm -rf $tmp

4646 test $rc -eq 0; or exit $rc

4747

48+ # Replace any existing container of the same name.

49+ container rm --force $name 2>/dev/null

4850 container create --name $name --ssh -it $argv nix-container:latest

4951 case start

5052 container start -ai $name