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Heh. Just came in to say that when I saw this: > You can search the package list using: > $ nix-env -qaP git I immediately said to myself "nope, not going to
by dmitriid 5y ago
Heh. Just came in to say that when I saw this:
> You can search the package list using:
> $ nix-env -qaP git
I immediately said to myself "nope, not going to use this". For some reason unbeknownst to me developers think that CLI must be as inscrutable and cryptic as possible.
You don't have to leak your tool's internals everywhere to provide a reasonable `nix search package-name`
- kaba0 5y agoNix search package-name does work actually. These are the older CLI tools and there is WIP for a newer interface.