pkgs: make nixgc an actual package

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/nixgc.nix b/pkgs/nixgc.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13614a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/nixgc.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# this is a shell script that uses the new nix cli to emulate
+# nix-collect-garbage
+{
+  lib,
+  writeShellApplication,
+  nix,
+  fd,
+}:
+writeShellApplication {
+  name = "nixgc";
+
+  runtimeInputs = [nix fd];
+
+  text = ''
+    fd . /nix/var/nix/profiles /home/*/.local/state/nix/profiles -d 3 -t symlink -E '*-link' | while read -r profile; do
+      nix profile wipe-history --profile "$profile" "$@"
+    done
+  '';
+}
+// {
+  meta.platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+}