Warning: This program is experimental and its
interface is subject to change.
nix flake clone - clone flake repository
nix flake clone [option…] flake-url
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- Check out the source code of the dwarffs flake and build it:
# nix flake clone dwarffs --dest dwarffs
# cd dwarffs
# nix build
This command performs a Git or Mercurial clone of the repository
containing the source code of the flake flake-url.
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- --dest / -f path
Clone the flake to path dest.
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.
Common flake-related options:
- --commit-lock-file
Commit changes to the flake’s lock file.
- --inputs-from flake-url
Use the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries.
- --no-registries
Don’t allow lookups in the flake registries. This option is
deprecated; use --no-use-registries.
- --no-update-lock-file
Do not allow any updates to the flake’s lock file.
- --no-write-lock-file
Do not write the flake’s newly generated lock file.
- --override-input input-path flake-url
Override a specific flake input (e.g. dwarffs/nixpkgs). This implies
--no-write-lock-file.
- --recreate-lock-file
Recreate the flake’s lock file from scratch.
- --update-input input-path
Update a specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in the lock
file).