It actually is! There are lots of examples of arcane Nix commands, but as of Nix 2.0, you actually can type `nix search git`. And it works much better than `nix

It actually is! There are lots of examples of arcane Nix commands, but as of Nix 2.0, you actually can type `nix search git`. And it works much better than `nix-env -qa` ever did. Your point stands, though. For example, why is it: nix-env -iA nixpkgs.git Instead of: nix install git (I know what the answer is, but still, it's a question that I think a lot of newcomers are going to ask.)