nix-flake

Manage Nix flakes. More information: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.html.

• Create a new flake (just the flake.nix file) from the default template, in the current directory:

nix flake init

• Update all inputs (dependencies) of the flake in the current directory:

nix flake update

• Update a specific input (dependency) of the flake in the current directory:

nix flake update {{input}}

• Show all the outputs of a flake on github:

nix flake show {{github:owner/repo}}

• Display help:

nix flake --help