nix flake show
is cluttered with information I'm not interested in
#9011
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We had #6985 describing how
nix flake show
initially tried to evaluate all systems.Now that #6988 is merged nix only evaluates the attributes for the current system (by default).
However it still clutters the output with all the systems for each top-level outputs 😠
For example
nix flake show github:garnix-io/sigbovik-music
will output:But I'm really only interested in my current system, all the
omitted (use '--all-systems' to show)
really clutters the output and makes me miss and actively search what I actually want to see! (and could directly see if this clutter wasn't there)Describe the solution you'd like
What I'm really interested in are these lines of the output:
To avoid hiding information too much there could be a header saying something along the lines of:
This could also be exposed in a different way, like (only showing
packages
output):Describe alternatives you've considered
Training my eyes to avoid seeing unwanted information... but I don't think it's a good idea... 👀
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