Name¶

nix profile history - show all versions of a profile

Synopsis¶

nix profile history [option…]

Examples¶

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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 (./nix3-profile-diff-closures.md).

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

Options¶

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--profile path
The profile to update.

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.