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synopsis: Introduction of `--regex` and `--all` in `nix profile remove` and `nix profile upgrade` | ||
prs: 10166 | ||
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Previously the command-line arguments for `nix profile remove` and `nix profile upgrade` matched the package entries using regular expression. | ||
For instance: | ||
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``` | ||
nix profile remove '.*vim.*' | ||
``` | ||
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This would remove all packages that contain `vim` in their name. | ||
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In most cases, only singular package names were used to remove and upgrade packages. Mixing this with regular expressions sometimes lead to unintended behavior. For instance, `python3.1` could match `python311`. | ||
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To avoid unintended behavior, the arguments are now only matching exact names. | ||
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Matching using regular expressions is still possible by using the new `--regex` flag: | ||
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``` | ||
nix profile remove --regex '.*vim.*' | ||
``` | ||
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One of the most useful cases for using regular expressions was to upgrade all packages. This was previously accomplished by: | ||
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``` | ||
nix profile upgrade '.*' | ||
``` | ||
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With the introduction of the `--all` flag, this now becomes more straightforward: | ||
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``` | ||
nix profile upgrade --all | ||
``` |