Name

       nix store add - Add a file or directory to the Nix store

Synopsis

       nix store add [option…] path

Description

       Copy path to the Nix store, and print the resulting store path on standard output.

              Warning

              The  resulting  store  path  is not registered as a garbage collector root, so it could be deleted
              before you have a chance to register it.

Examples

       Add a directory to the store:

       # mkdir dir
       # echo foo > dir/bar

       # nix store add ./dir
       /nix/store/6pmjx56pm94n66n4qw1nff0y1crm8nqg-dir

       # cat /nix/store/6pmjx56pm94n66n4qw1nff0y1crm8nqg-dir/bar
       foo

Options

       •  --dry-run

          Show what this command would do without doing it.

       •  --hash-algo hash-algo

          Hash algorithm (md5, sha1, sha256, or sha512).

       •  --mode content-address-method

          How to compute the content-address of the store object.  One of:

          •  nar (the default): Serialises the input as a Nix Archive and passes that to the hash function.

          •  flat: Assumes that the input is a single file and directly passes it to the hash function.

          •  text: Like flat, but used for derivations serialized in  store  object  and  builtins.toFile.   For
             advanced use-cases only; for regular usage prefer nar and flat.

       •  --name / -n name

          Override the name component of the store path. It defaults to the base name of path.

   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          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

       •  --version

          Show version information.

          Note

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

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