Name¶

nix flake archive - copy a flake and all its inputs to a store

Synopsis¶

nix flake archive [option…] flake-url

Examples¶

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Copy the dwarffs flake and its dependencies to a binary cache:

# nix flake archive --to file:///tmp/my-cache dwarffs

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Fetch the dwarffs flake and its dependencies to the local Nix store:

# nix flake archive dwarffs

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Print the store paths of the flake sources of NixOps without fetching them:

# nix flake archive --json --dry-run nixops

Description¶

FIXME

Options¶

• --dry-run
  Show what this command would do without doing it.
• --json
  Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program.
• --to store-uri
  URI of the destination Nix store

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.

Common flake-related options:

• --commit-lock-file
  Commit changes to the flake’s lock file.
• --inputs-from flake-url
  Use the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries.
• --no-registries
  Don’t allow lookups in the flake registries. This option is deprecated; use --no-use-registries.
• --no-update-lock-file
  Do not allow any updates to the flake’s lock file.
• --no-write-lock-file
  Do not write the flake’s newly generated lock file.
• --override-input input-path flake-url
  Override a specific flake input (e.g. dwarffs/nixpkgs). This implies --no-write-lock-file.
• --recreate-lock-file
  Recreate the flake’s lock file from scratch.
• --update-input input-path
  Update a specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in the lock file).