Nixpkgs/Update Scripts
Update Scripts can be added to packages via setting, passthru.updateScript which is then executed by r-ryantm to create an updated pull request or can be manually invoked via nix-shell maintainers/scripts/update.nix --argstr package <packagename>.
Update Scripts
List of prepackaged update scripts.
nix-update by Mic92
nix-update works for a range of different sources and will do the right thing most of the time.
passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
Git Updater
Updates to the latest git tag.
passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
ignoredVersions = ""; # Optional - (grep -E) Filter to ignore versions
allowedVersions = ""; # Optional - (grep -E) Filter to ignore versions
rev-prefix = "v"; # Optional - set if tags have a prefix before the version number
odd-unstable = false; # Optional - Ignore odd numberd versions
patchlevel-unstable = false; # Optional - Ignore patchlevel versions
url = null; # Optional - Set this to a git url when the src is not a git repo
};
Source: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/common-updater/git-updater.nix
Unstable Git Updater
Updates to the latest git tag
passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
branch = null; # Optional - Which branch should be updated from
url = null; # Optional - The git url, if empty it will be set to src.gitRepoUrl
tagPrefix = "v"; # Optional - strip this prefix from a tag name
hardcodeZeroVersion = false; # Optional - Use a made-up version "0" instead of latest tag. Use when the project's tagging system is incompatible with what we expect from versions
tagFormat = "*"; # Optional - A `git describe --tags --match '<format>'` pattern that tags must match to be considered
tagConverter = null; # Optional - command to convert more complex tag formats. It receives the git tag via stdin and should convert it into x.y.z format to stdout. Example: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/by-name/ch/chirp/package.nix#L41-L45
shallowClone = true; # Optional - do not perform a complete clone
};
Source: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix