https://github.com/blitz/nix-link-cleanup

Clean up Nix result links to allow garbage collection to do its thing!
https://github.com/blitz/nix-link-cleanup

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Clean up Nix result links to allow garbage collection to do its thing!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/blitz/nix-link-cleanup
• Owner: blitz
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2024-07-05T13:59:01.000Z (4 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-17T22:33:19.000Z (21 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-20T08:17:39.412Z (19 days ago)
• Topics: nix, nix-flake
• Language: Nix
• Homepage:
• Size: 34.2 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Nix Result Links Cleaner

A CLI program to recursively scan a specified directory for Nix result

symbolic links and optionally delete them.

## Why?

Have you ever wondered why `nix-collect-garbage` does not clean up as

much stuff as you'd think it should? Maybe all the build results of

your `nix-build` adventures are still around and keeping `/nix/store`

paths alive.

I used to run `find . -name "result*" -type l -print -delete`, but

that occasionally deletes things it shouldn't. Oops. So here we are

with a dedicated tool!

## What does it do?

This tool finds all symbolic links that are called `result` or

`result-*` and point to a Nix store path. Then it can delete them, if

you opt-in via `--delete`.

## Building

This is a Rust app without anything special. So you can do:

```console

$ cargo build --release

$ cargo run --release -- --help

```

## Contribution

Contributions are welcome! We strive for a super simple tool, so some

features might be rejected to keep it minimal.

## License

This project is licensed as GPLv3 or later.