Some helpful bash aliases

Here are some bash aliases to simplify performing NixOS cli functions. They are defined in the packages/bash.nix file.

To update flake:

$ nix-flake-up

To upgrade system packages:

$ nix-system-up <system_profile_name>

To upgrade home packages:

$ nix-home-up <home_profile_name>

Or to update and upgrade entire system:

• For NixOS systems:

• $ nix-full-up <system_profile_name> <home_profile_name>

• For Nix Package Manager systems:

• $ nix-full-up <home_profile_name>

To collect garbage and free resources from nix-store:

$ nix-cg

To start development environment:

Convenient env, use dev templates for project specific envs

$ nix-dev <choice_of_language>