For git they have a minimal version too: dev::hlinux { /home/sibi }-> nix-env -i --dry-run git-minimal-2.1.4 (dry run; not doing anything) inst

For git they have a minimal version too: dev::hlinux { /home/sibi }-> nix-env -i --dry-run git-minimal-2.1.4 (dry run; not doing anything) installing ‘git-minimal-2.1.4’ these paths will be fetched (11.69 MiB download, 69.16 MiB unpacked): /nix/store/4qh8anh4phwx3gmrn2k49zh5xbkn49ir-git-2.1.4 /nix/store/4x0w8x70j27jxmy9wsn7sijrjjzj3dgj-pcre-8.36 /nix/store/g9qkr44yllgy5cb03vmfdksmh3pbmp1s-gnugrep-2.20 /nix/store/gwcvzrwyvgkgwlrgfyj4gqvsqn5syv1c-expat-2.1.0 /nix/store/rhghn8brqrz4j5ndkhwnm4afqjvk7zi8-python-2.7.9