Overview

Dotfile management using nix, home-manager, and stow.

install nix
add the home-manager channel: nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-23.11.tar.gz home-manager
stow can be installed in an ephemeral shell (it's primarily useful in system setup, and we can't just plop it in a machine's config file because we're using stow during the boostrapping process): nix-shell -p stow

cd machines
sudo stow --target=/etc/nixos <machine>

cd machines
sudo stow --target $HOME/.nixpkgs <machine>

Add channel: nix-channel --add <channel-url> <channel-name>
Update channels: nix-channel --update
Darwin: build/activate: darwin-rebuild switch
Update nixpkgs version: nix-channel --add <new-version-url> nixpkgs
Format: nixpkgs-fmt ./path/to/file
Garbage collect the store: nix-collect-garbage (-d to delete old profiles/generations for extra cleanup; see manpage)

man home-configuration.nix

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