Missing 'nix' subcommands

[edolstra]

Tracking issue for missing functionality in the nix command.

• [x] nix-collect-garbage / nix-store --gc -> nix store gc
• [x] nix-store --delete -> nix store delete
• [x] nix-env --rollback -> nix profile rollback
• [x] nix-env --switch-generation -> nix profile rollback --to
• [x] nix-env --delete-generations -> nix profile wipe-history
• [x] nix-env --list-generations -> nix profile history
• [ ] nix-store --serve
• [x] nix-daemon -> nix daemon
• [x] nix-store --repair-path -> nix store repair
• [ ] nix-store --dump-db - maybe not needed (nix path-info --json --all might be enough)
• [ ] nix-store --load-db / nix-store --register-validity
• [x] nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key -> nix key
• [x] nix-prefetch-url -> nix store prefetch-file / nix flake prefetch
• [ ] nix-prefetch-url -A -> nix build (need a flag to handle the hash mismatch)
• [ ] nix-store -q --referrers
• [ ] nix-env -qa -s flag, -c flag

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/tweag-nix-dev-update-6/11195/1

[stale[bot]]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[davidak]

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[lucc]

I was unable to find a replacement for nix-store --gc --print-roots in the docs for nix store gc (where I assumed it should be) or any other part of nix store that I poked around.

[lucc]

Also I did not find any hint how to replace nix-env --profile ... --set ... with nix profile in the docs.

[Gerschtli]

Also, a replacement for nix-collect-garbage --delete-older-than 14d seems to be missing.

[yshui]

Missing equivalent for nix-prefetch-url --unpack. This is a weird one, I think nix store prefetch-file doesn't try to unpack, but nix flake prefetch does? So technically it's covered, but this is very confusing. I would prefer nix store prefetch-file has an --unpack option.