Name

       nix profile history - show all versions of a profile

Synopsis

       nix profile history [option…]

Examples

       •  Show the changes between each version of your default profile:

       # nix profile history
       Version 508 (2020-04-10):
       flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.awscli: ∅ -> 1.17.13

       Version 509 (2020-05-16) <- 508:
       flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.awscli: 1.17.13 -> 1.18.211

Description

       This  command  shows  what  packages  were  added,  removed  or upgraded between subsequent versions of a
       profile. It only shows top-level packages, not dependencies; for that, use nix profile diff-closures.

       The addition of a package to a profile is denoted by the string ∅ ->  version,  whereas  the  removal  is
       denoted by version -> ∅.

Options

       •  --profile path

          The profile to operate on.

   Common evaluation options
       •  --arg name expr

          Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions.

       •  --arg-from-file name path

          Pass the contents of file path as the argument name to Nix functions.

       •  --arg-from-stdin name

          Pass the contents of stdin as the argument name to Nix functions.

       •  --argstr name string

          Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions.

       •  --debugger

          Start an interactive environment if evaluation fails.

       •  --eval-store store-url

          The  URL of the Nix store  to  use  for  evaluation, i.e. to store derivations (.drv files) and inputs
          referenced by them.

       •  --impure

          Allow access to mutable paths and repositories.

       •  --include / -I path

          Add path to search path entries used to resolve lookup paths

          This option may be given multiple times.

          Paths added through -I take  precedence  over  the  nix-path configuration setting  and  the  NIX_PATH
          environment variable.

       •  --override-flake original-ref resolved-ref

          Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.

   Logging-related options
       •  --debug

          Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

       •  --log-format format

          Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

       •  --print-build-logs / -L

          Print full build logs on standard error.

       •  --quiet

          Decrease the logging verbosity level.

       •  --verbose / -v

          Increase the logging verbosity level.

   Miscellaneous global options
       •  --help

          Show usage information.

       •  --offline

          Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

       •  --option name value

          Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

       •  --refresh

          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

       •  --repair

          During  evaluation,  rewrite  missing  or  corrupted  files in the Nix store. During building, rebuild
          missing or corrupted store paths.

       •  --version

          Show version information.

          Note

          See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.

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