nixos-command - a redesign of `nixos-rebuild`

Provides a command nixos. This command is meant to bring the NixOS tooling up to par with the Nix3 CLI and especially flakes.

Supported features

Verbs
- build
- build-vm
- build-vm-with-bootloader (now build-vm --bootloader)
- boot
- switch
- apply (alias for switch for that supreme DevOps feel)
- test
- dry-activate
- dry-build
- edit
Flags
- --profile-name
- --rollback
- --install-bootloader
- --build-host
- --target-host
Miscellaneous
- (?) Building non-flake configurations
- nixos-install
- nixos-version

In your user's profile

nix profile install github:max-privatevoid/nixos-command

Or use it in a temporary shell

nix shell github:max-privatevoid/nixos-command

Build the NixOS configuration for the flake in the current directory

nixos build

Build the NixOS configuration for the host "paris" in .

nixos build .#paris

The classic nixos-rebuild switch, assuming /etc/nixos is a flake

nixos switch /etc/nixos

Build a system from a GitHub repository and activate on next boot

nixos boot github:my-company/nixos-infra#styx