nixpkgs-update/README.md
2018-04-03 01:01:56 +02:00

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nixpkgs-update

Build Status

Scripts to try to update nixpkgs packages. Uses hub to automatically make PRs.

Instructions

  1. Clone this repo and build the tool:
    git clone https://github.com/ryantm/nixpkgs-update && cd nixpkgs-update
    nix run nixpkgs.cabal2nix -c cabal2nix --shell --hpack . > shell.nix && nix-build shell.nix
    
  2. Get a list of oudated packages and place them in a packages-to-update.txt file in the root directory of this repository.
    git clone https://github.com/ryantm/repology-api.git && cd repology-api
    nix run nixpkgs.cabal2nix -c cabal2nix --shell --hpack . > shell.nix && nix-build shell.nix && result/bin/repology-api > ../packages-to-update.txt
    
  3. Return back cd .. and run the tool result/bin/nix-update

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