nix3-store-add(1) General Commands Manual nix3-store-add(1)

Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

nix store add - Add a file or directory to the Nix store

nix store add [option…] path

Copy path to the Nix store, and print the resulting store path on standard output.

Warning

The resulting store path is not registered as a garbage collector root, so it could be deleted before you have a chance to register it.

Add a directory to the store:

# mkdir dir
# echo foo > dir/bar
# nix store add ./dir
/nix/store/6pmjx56pm94n66n4qw1nff0y1crm8nqg-dir
# cat /nix/store/6pmjx56pm94n66n4qw1nff0y1crm8nqg-dir/bar
foo

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--dry-run
Show what this command would do without doing it.
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--hash-algo hash-algo
Hash algorithm (md5, sha1, sha256, or sha512).
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--mode content-address-method
How to compute the content-address of the store object. One of:
  • nar (the default): Serialises the input as an archive (following the Nix Archive Format) and passes that to the hash function.
  • flat: Assumes that the input is a single file and directly passes it to the hash function;
  • text: Like flat, but used for derivations serialized in store object and builtins.toFile. For advanced use-cases only; for regular usage prefer nar and `flat.
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--name / -n name
Override the name component of the store path. It defaults to the base name of path.
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--debug
Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.
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--log-format format
Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.
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--print-build-logs / -L
Print full build logs on standard error.
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--quiet
Decrease the logging verbosity level.
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--verbose / -v
Increase the logging verbosity level.

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--help
Show usage information.
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--offline
Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
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--option name value
Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
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--refresh
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
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--version
Show version information.

Note

See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.