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Rename 'nix dev-shell' to 'nix develop' #3648

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edolstra opened this issue Jun 2, 2020 · 4 comments
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Rename 'nix dev-shell' to 'nix develop' #3648

edolstra opened this issue Jun 2, 2020 · 4 comments
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new-cli Relating to the "nix" command UX The way in which users interact with Nix. Higher level than UI.

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edolstra commented Jun 2, 2020

This was suggested by @garbas. nix develop is shorter and more memorable than nix dev-shell.
@edolstra edolstra added improvement UX The way in which users interact with Nix. Higher level than UI. new-cli Relating to the "nix" command labels Jun 2, 2020
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Mic92 commented Jul 18, 2020 •
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Should the flake output also be renamed from devShell to something like developPackages or develop? Otherwise it looks not very consistent.

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zimbatm commented Jul 20, 2020

And should nix print-dev-env also be renamed? Or maybe add --print-env to each of the commands?

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Or maybe add --print-env to each of the commands?

No, in the new UI we should use subcommands instead of flags that completely change the meaning of a command (e.g. nix eval instead of nix-instantiate --eval).

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zimbatm commented Jul 20, 2020

I agree, and also think that in this case it could be considered as switching the output format?

nix develop --format=bash-env

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