• Updated input 'home-manager': 'github:nix-community/home-manager/391ca6e950c2525b4f853cbe29922452c14eda82' (2024-07-01) → 'github:nix-community/home-manager/e1391fb22e18a36f57e6999c7a9f966dc80ac073' (2024-07-03) • Updated input 'nixpkgs': 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/d032c1a6dfad4eedec7e35e91986becc699d7d69' (2024-07-01) → 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/706eef542dec88cc0ed25b9075d3037564b2d164' (2024-07-02)
nix-config
This repo stores nix to manage my machines running NixOS and macOS.
The configuration is very specific to my own machines and setup, but it may be a useful reference for anyone else learning or experimenting with nix, whether it be on a personal workstation or a server environment.
Setup
on macOS: install the latest unstable nix from https://github.com/numtide/nix-unstable-installer (for nix flakes), and nix-darwin: https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin
Recipes are stored in a justfile. just is required.
To run a rebuild:
just rebuild
Update
To update nixpkgs defined in flake.nix, run:
just update
If there are updates, they should be reflected in flake.lock.
Rollback
To rollback to the previous generation:
just rollback
Garbage collection
To cleanup previous files, run nix garbage collection:
just clean
Pre-commit hooks
Pre-commit hooks are automatically activated when direnv is installed.