nix profile: add aliases

[ethancedwards8]

This PR adds aliases to the nix profile subcommand, which I think are helpful and I was surprised aren't there already.

A case can be made for aliases for install or upgrade, but I think for right now only having them for list and remove is fine.

[ethancedwards8]

Works and builds on MacOS M1 using Rosetta.

[ethancedwards8]

Works and builds on x86_64 NixOS Linux.

[edolstra]

I'm not convinced this is a good idea. If the goal is to reduce typing, I think tab completion is good enough for that. And adding aliases pollutes the search space for tab completion.

If we do decide to add aliases, we should have some guidance in doc/manual/src/contributing/cli-guideline.md on when to add an alias.

BTW, I think implemented like this, the manual pages will be duplicated for each alias.

[ethancedwards8]

I'm not convinced this is a good idea. If the goal is to reduce typing, I think tab completion is good enough for that. And adding aliases pollutes the search space for tab completion.

IMO the goal was less to "reduce typing" and more "conform to traditional standards".

If we do decide to add aliases, we should have some guidance in doc/manual/src/contributing/cli-guideline.md on when to add an alias.

BTW, I think implemented like this, the manual pages will be duplicated for each alias.

Yes I believe that is so.

One option I have thought about is creating an option for aliases in nix.conf, that way man pages will not be cluttered, and it gives the end user more fine grain control.

[ethancedwards8]

Is this still open for discussion?

[stale]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info