v0.17.1

This release bumps the installed-by-default Nix version to 2.20.5, addressing CVE-2024-27297.

What's Changed

• Nix 2.20.4 by @edolstra in #882
• Updated the privacy policy link

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.17.1

v0.17.0

This release bumps the installed-by-default Nix version to 2.20.3 and fixes a couple bugs.

Nix 2.20.3

The upgrade to Nix 2.20.3 brings with it a backwards incompatible change for nix search:

• "nix search now requires a search regex to be passed. To show all packages, use ^."

For more information on what goodies this Nix release brings, take a look at their release notes.

Bug Fixes

• Don't check /run for systemd if we're not starting the daemon by @Hoverbear in #853
• README updates from amazing contributors by @cole-h in #854

What's Changed

• Cargo.lock: update h2 by @cole-h in #830
• Document how to get started on GitLab by @Hoverbear in #841
• Nix 2.20.3 by @cole-h in #856
• Update dependencies by @cole-h in #858

Full Changelog: v0.16.1...v0.17.0

v0.16.1

This release bumps us to Nix 2.19.3!

What's Changed

• Add readme entry for PR 772 by @Hoverbear in #809
• fixup uninstall tag links by @cole-h in #812
• Bump to Nix 2.19.3 by @Hoverbear in #820

Full Changelog: v0.16.0...v0.16.1

v0.16.0

This is mostly bug fix and nix version bump release.

We now install Nix 2.19.2 by default. In addition #772 means that nix upgrade-nix should no longer result in your Nix version downgrading.

Bug Fixes

• MacOS installer does not honor case sensitive setting by @Hoverbear in #748
• Don't modify shell profile files if they are symlinks by @Hoverbear in #767
• Fix arm64 darwin install by @Hoverbear in #789
• Fix adduser so it doesn't create the home by @Hoverbear in #801

What's Changed

• Fetch nix version freshness from install.determinate.systems by default by @grahamc in #772
• Clippy nits while hacking around by @grahamc in #737
• nix-2.19.2 by @Hoverbear in #756
• Update deps by @Hoverbear in #771 #800
• fix create build users action description by @Hoverbear in #788

Full Changelog: v0.15.1...v0.16.0

v0.15.1

This release is mostly a bugfix release.

For folks using MacOS remote builders, we now apply a to have nix on the SSH session PATH automatically.

Bug Fixes

• Fix exit code inconsistency by @Hoverbear in #684
• Remove the writable flag, don't set too many permission bits by @grahamc in #718
• Nix config: add extra newlines after the initial comment by @grahamc in #719

What's Changed

• Make sure /etc/tmpfiles.d exists on the ostree planner by @grahamc in #686
• Document the known nix-darwin related uninstall issue by @Hoverbear in #687
• Add 'sudo' to suggestions for launchd-related config fixes by @timsutton in #706
• Don't include the version number in the nix config, for reproducibility by @grahamc in #710
• Document max-jobs=auto by @mkenigs in #712
• Support remote-building to macOS hosts by @grahamc in #714

New Contributors

• @timsutton made their first contribution in #706

Other Notes

Keen observers may have noticed v0.15.0 in #728, unfortunately the Cargo.lock didn't get updated and it wasn't noticed until after tagging. We could have updated the lock, and re-released, but we'd already built the binaries for the tag. In order to be safe, we cut a 0.15.1. If you happen to use 0.15.0 it should still work, building might just result in a dirty Cargo.lock.

Full Changelog: v0.14.0...v0.15.1

v0.14.0

This is a relatively minor release which introduces a brand new repair subcommand which can repair your shell profiles.

For example, this means if you run:

nix-installer install --no-confirm
rm -rf /etc/bashrc
nix-installer repair

The repair subcommand should create a new /etc/bashrc with the Nix related content in it.

For Mac users in particular, this repair command is now run by a oneshot launchd service on boot. This should make it so nix should be on path even after Mac version updates that would normally remove it.

What's Changed

• Update ssl-cert-file docs by @lytedev in #671
• Make our Nix installation immune to macOS upgrades by @grahamc in #672
• Release v0.14.0 by @Hoverbear in #679

New Contributors

• @lytedev made their first contribution in #671

Full Changelog: v0.13.1...v0.14.0

v0.13.1

This release upgrades to Nix 2.18.1 and includes a fix for an Mac APFS issue (#647 & #662).

Also, the generated nix.conf should have a consistent outcome order now, as we use an IndexMap instead of a HashMap (#664).

What's Changed

• Unmount apfs volumes before deleting them by @Hoverbear in #662
• Upgrade to Nix 2.18.1 by @Hoverbear in #661
• flake-compat: use flakehub by @grahamc in #663
• Update nix-config-parser to use indexmap by @Hoverbear in #664
• Update deps by @Hoverbear in #665
• Release v0.13.1 by @Hoverbear in #666

Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.13.1

v0.13.0

This release rolls back #620 as we noticed elevated rates of errors on GHA. We plan to re-approach the problem soon.

What's Changed

• v0.12.1-unreleased by @Hoverbear in #644
• Revert "Make nix.conf changes deterministic (#620)" by @Hoverbear in #648
• Release v0.12.1 by @Hoverbear in #649
• Revert "Release v0.12.1" by @Hoverbear in #650
• Reintroduce 640, 638, 627 by @Hoverbear in #651
• Release v0.13.0 by @Hoverbear in #652

Full Changelog: v0.12.0...v0.13.0

v0.12.0

This release upgrades to Nix 2.18, enables the repl-flake feature by default, and sets max-jobs to auto.

Changes to the nix.conf are now deterministic, and the installer should produce the same output each install regardless of the existing configuration.

This release also includes a number of small correctness improvements and UX tweaks.

Bug Fixes

• (Mac) Uninvert EnableOwnership logic by @Hoverbear in #623

What's Changed

• Language and readme update by @grahamc in #612
• Update README.md a bit to highlight flakes by @grahamc in #616
• Bump dependencies by @Hoverbear in #619
• Readme cutificiation by @Hoverbear in #618
• Add Upgrading section to README.md by @mig4ng in #598
• Improve --help by @Hoverbear in #624
• Check for file existence before attempting to open it by @Hoverbear in #626
• Fix uninstall instructions by @Hoverbear in #631
• Make nix.conf changes deterministic by @Hoverbear in #620
• Set max jobs to auto by @Hoverbear in #627
• Support user-defined diagnostics attribution by @grahamc in #635
• Add support for URLs or paths in --nix-package-url and --extra-conf by @Hoverbear in #634
• Disable auto-allocate-uids on Linux too by @Hoverbear in #638
• Upgrade to Nix 2.18 by @Hoverbear in #637
• Plan prompts for sudo by @Hoverbear in #639
• Enable repl-flake experimental feature by @Hoverbear in #640
• Fixup VM tests by @Hoverbear in #642
• Tweak nix-build-user-count default in all places by @Hoverbear in #643
• Release v0.12.0 by @Hoverbear in #641

New Contributors

• @mig4ng made their first contribution in #598

Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.12.0

v0.11.0

It's a v0.11.0! 🎉

This release bumps the Nix version to 2.17 (#597).

Thanks to @Hofer-Julian, we now support Fedora Silverblue, Clear Linux and other OSTree distributions. (#586)

We also rewrote the Github Action in Typescript! v5 includes the Typescript revamp, but there should be no major user facing changes. (DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action#34).

For Mac users, nix-installer uninstall will now try to see if you have nix-darwin uninstalled and ask you to uninstall that first! Why? Because if you don't, it creates a bit of a mess and a reinstall tends to break things. (#561)

Bug Fixes

• bugfix: Let Mac users specify encryption directly by @Hoverbear in #546

What's Changed

• Remove local eclint package definition by @lucperkins in #537
• Turn off auto optimise store on mac by @Hoverbear in #542
• Support create_directory paths being an existing mount by @Hoverbear in #547
• Remove atty dependency by @Hoverbear in #554
• launchctl bootstrap fails with disabled in a dirty state by @Hoverbear in #555
• Add tracing around the Github Actions reinstall issue by @Hoverbear in #541
• Offer better messaging around user/group creation by @Hoverbear in #557
• Tweak self-test reporting to make it more clear it may not be a total failure by @Hoverbear in #559
• Add pre install/uninstall checks to planners by @Hoverbear in #561
• Disable steam deck CI until #566 by @Hoverbear in #571
• Fix most clippy warnings by @Hofer-Julian in #572
• Remove unneeded lifetime by @Hofer-Julian in #573
• Let typescript action set runner as trusted and do Github path by @Hoverbear in #568
• DS-970: Add Magic Nix Cache and other workflow changes by @flexiondotorg in #569
• Teach installer about Clear Linux by @Hoverbear in #581
• Add support for ostree-based Linux distributions by @Hofer-Julian in #586
• Fix the Mac CI with Silverblue by @Hoverbear in #591
• Make self-test errors a warning only by @Hoverbear in #587
• Update installer to Nix 2.17 #DS-1032 by @flexiondotorg in #597
• Check versions on uninstall for safety by @Hoverbear in #579
• Improve the message when security delete-generic-password is required by @Hoverbear in #570
• Enable clippy on CI by @Hoverbear in #574

New Contributors

• @Hofer-Julian made their first contribution in #572
• @flexiondotorg made their first contribution in #569

Full Changelog: v0.10.0...v0.11.0