Manpages - nix3-store-add.1

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

• --dry-run Show what this command would do without doing it.
• --hash-algo hash-algo Hash algorithm (md5, sha1, sha256, or sha512).

• --mode content-address-method

  How to compute the content-address of the store object. One of:

  • nar (the default): Serialises the input as a Nix Archive 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.
• --name / -n name Override the name component of the store path. It defaults to the base name of path.