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<refnamediv> |
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<refname><command>nixos-version</command></refname> |
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<refpurpose>show the version of nixpkgs NixOS was built from</refpurpose> |
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<refpurpose>show the NixOS version</refpurpose> |
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</refnamediv> |
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<refsynopsisdiv> |
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<refsection><title>Description</title> |
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<para>This command describes the version of nixpkgs used to build |
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NixOS.</para> |
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<para>This command shows the version of the currently active NixOS |
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configuration. For example: |
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<para>By default the output includes:</para> |
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<itemizedlist> |
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<listitem><para>The NixOS release</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>Number of commits since the release</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>Git SHA of the released commit</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>Codename of the NixOS release</para></listitem> |
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</itemizedlist> |
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</refsection> |
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<refsection><title>Example</title> |
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<para>Here is an example output, and corresponding information: |
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<screen>$ nixos-version |
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16.03.1011.6317da4 (Emu) |
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</screen> |
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</para> |
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<informaltable> |
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<tgroup cols="2"> |
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<thead> |
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<row> |
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<entry>Attribute</entry> |
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<entry>Value</entry> |
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</row> |
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</thead> |
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<tbody> |
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<row> |
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<entry>NixOS Release</entry> |
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<entry><literal>16.03</literal></entry> |
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</row> |
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<row> |
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<entry>Commit Count</entry> |
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<entry><literal>1011</literal></entry> |
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</row> |
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<row> |
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<entry>Commit SHA</entry> |
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<entry><literal>6317da4</literal></entry> |
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</row> |
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<row> |
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<entry>Release Codename</entry> |
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<entry><literal>Emu</literal></entry> |
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</row> |
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</tbody> |
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</tgroup> |
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</informaltable> |
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<para> |
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</para> |
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The version consists of the following elements: |
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<variablelist> |
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<varlistentry> |
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<term><literal>16.03</literal></term> |
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<listitem><para>The NixOS release, indicating the year and month |
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in which it was released (e.g. March 2016).</para></listitem> |
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</varlistentry> |
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<varlistentry> |
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<term><literal>1011</literal></term> |
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<listitem><para>The number of commits in the Nixpkgs Git |
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repository between the start of the release branch and the commit |
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from which this version was built. This ensures that NixOS |
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versions are monotonically increasing. It is |
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<literal>git</literal> when the current NixOS configuration was |
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built from a checkout of the Nixpkgs Git repository rather than |
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from a NixOS channel.</para></listitem> |
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</varlistentry> |
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<varlistentry> |
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<term><literal>6317da4</literal></term> |
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<listitem><para>The first 7 characters of the commit in the |
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Nixpkgs Git repository from which this version was |
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built.</para></listitem> |
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</varlistentry> |
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<varlistentry> |
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<term><literal>Emu</literal></term> |
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<listitem><para>The code name of the NixOS release. The first |
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letter of the code name indicates that this is the N'th stable |
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NixOS release; for example, Emu is the fifth |
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release.</para></listitem> |
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</varlistentry> |
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</variablelist> |
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</para> |
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</refsection> |
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@ -89,7 +83,8 @@ NixOS.</para> |
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<term><option>--hash</option></term> |
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<term><option>--revision</option></term> |
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<listitem> |
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<para>The output will be the full hash of the git commit |
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<para>Show the full SHA1 hash of the Git commit from which this |
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configuration was built, e.g. |
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<screen>$ nixos-version --hash |
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6317da40006f6bc2480c6781999c52d88dde2acf |
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</screen> |
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