Nix command/flake info

This article is about the nix flake info subcommand.

Description

List info about a given flake.

Usage

$ nix flake info FLAGS... FLAKE-URL?

Flags

• --arg NAME EXPR argument to be passed to Nix functions
• --argstr NAME STRING string-valued argument to be passed to Nix functions
• --commit-lock-file commit changes to the lock file
• --impure allow access to mutable paths and repositories
• -I, --include PATH add a path to the list of locations used to look up <...> file names
• --json produce JSON output
• --no-registries don't use flake registries
• --no-update-lock-file do not allow any updates to the lock file
• --no-write-lock-file do not write the newly generated lock file
• --override-flake ORIGINAL-REF RESOLVED-REF override a flake registry value
• --override-input INPUT-PATH FLAKE-URL override a specific flake input (e.g. 'dwarffs/nixpkgs')
• --recreate-lock-file recreate lock file from scratch
• --update-input INPUT-PATH update a specific flake input

See also

• nix flake
• Nix command