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nix3-store-add

Name
Synopsis
Description
Examples
Options
Logging-related options
Miscellaneous global options

Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

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

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--dry-run

Show what this command would do without doing it.

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--hash-algo hash-algo

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

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--mode content-address-method

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

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

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

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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.

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--name / -n name

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

Logging-related options

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--debug

Set the logging verbosity level to β€˜debug’.

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--log-format format

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

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--print-build-logs / -L

Print full build logs on standard error.

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--quiet

Decrease the logging verbosity level.

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--verbose / -v

Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options

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--help

Show usage information.

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--offline

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

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--option name value

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

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--refresh

Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

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--version

Show version information.

Note

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