Warning: This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix registry add
- add/replace flake in user flake registry
Synopsis
nix registry add
[option...] from-url to-url
Examples
-
Set the
nixpkgs
flake identifier to a specific branch of Nixpkgs:# nix registry add nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-20.03
-
Pin
nixpkgs
to a specific revision:# nix registry add nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/925b70cd964ceaedee26fde9b19cc4c4f081196a
-
Add an entry that redirects a specific branch of
nixpkgs
to another fork:# nix registry add nixpkgs/nixos-20.03 ~/Dev/nixpkgs
-
Add
nixpkgs
pointing togithub:nixos/nixpkgs
to your custom flake registry:nix registry add --registry ./custom-flake-registry.json nixpkgs github:nixos/nixpkgs
Description
This command adds an entry to the user registry that maps flake reference from-url to flake reference to-url. If an entry for from-url already exists, it is overwritten.
Entries can be removed using nix registry remove
.
Options
--registry
registry
The registry to operate on.
Common evaluation options:
-
--arg
name expr
Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--argstr
name string
Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--eval-store
store-url
The Nix store to use for evaluations. -
--impure
Allow access to mutable paths and repositories. -
--include
/-I
path
Add path to the list of locations used to look up<...>
file names. -
--override-flake
original-ref resolved-ref
Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.