nix3-store-optimise(1)

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version 2.35.3 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 nix3-store-optimise(1) 💖

okay bestie, this page is from the General Commands Manual and it's literally called nix3-store-optimise(1). let's get into it 🫶

⚠️ Warning This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change. no cap. don't get too attached to the vibes, they might shift on you 😭

✨ Name ✨

nix store optimise — replace identical files in the store by hard links 🦋

🌸 Synopsis 🌸

nix store optimise [option…]

🎀 Examples 🎀

  • Optimise the Nix store:
nix store optimise

that's it. that's the whole example. iconic. 💅

💜 Description 💜

so what does this actually do, bestie? it deduplicates the Nix store: it scans the store for regular files with identical contents, and replaces them with hard links to a single instance. boom. one file, many doors. 🚪✨

lowkey important note: you can also set auto-optimise-store to true in nix.conf to perform this optimisation incrementally whenever a new path is added to the Nix store. and to make that efficient, Nix maintains a content-addressed index of all the files in the Nix store in the directory /nix/store/.links/. 🗂️

🔥 Options 🔥

  • --debug — Set the logging verbosity level to debug. spill the tea, verbosely. 🍵
  • --log-format format — Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs. pick your aesthetic. ✨
  • --print-build-logs, -L — Print full build logs on standard error. give me the whole story, not a summary. 📜
  • --quiet — Decrease the logging verbosity level. shhh 🤫
  • --verbose, -v — Increase the logging verbosity level. tell me EVERYTHING 📢

🌈 Miscellaneous global options 🌈

  • --help — Show usage information. when in doubt, ask for help. self care. 💖
  • --offline — Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. we're off the grid, bestie. 🧚
  • --option name value — Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf). you're the boss now 👑
  • --refresh — Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. out with the old 💀
  • --version — Show version information. who even am I 🪞
Note See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags. iykyk 📖

🩷 that's the whole page 🩷

and that's a wrap on nix3-store-optimise(1) from the General Commands Manual. go optimise something, you main character 🎀🔥 periodt.

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