profile-history

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Examples

• Show the changes between each version of your default profile:

  # nix profile history
  Version 508 (2020-04-10):
    flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.awscli: ∅ -> 1.17.13
   
  Version 509 (2020-05-16) <- 508:
    flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.awscli: 1.17.13 -> 1.18.211

Description

This command shows what packages were added, removed or upgraded between subsequent versions of a profile. It only shows top-level packages, not dependencies; for that, use nix profilediff-closures.

The addition of a package to a profile is denoted by the string ∅ -> version, whereas the removal is denoted by version -> ∅.

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