v0.1.8

0.1.8

Added

• use HTTPS for cache.nixos.org (#246)
• client now use reqwest to obtain HTTPS, content decoding, timeouts and more for free (#247)

Fixed

• nix-community buildbot CI builds all attributes out of the box (#240)

v0.1.7

Added

• improve help message for nix-locate --type (issue #204)
• improve error message when nix-env is killed by a signal

Fixed

• disable nixpkgs overlays (issue #161)
• fix Nix command suggestions for command-not-found.sh (issue #185)

Changed

• update dependencies

v0.1.6

Added

• support setting NIX_INDEX_DATABASE environment variable to set database location (#213), thanks @mmarx
• this version and future versions will be published to https://crates.io/, simplifying library usage in other projects

v0.1.5

Fixed

• fix crash when using wildcard pattern with nix-locate (issue #205)

v0.1.3

added

• flake.nix added to repository, allows directly running nix-index from
  git (#162), thanks @matthewbauer
• support for proxies (#132), thanks @whizsid
• command-not-found.sh suggests new nix profile command if
  manifest.json exists (#135), thanks @matthewbauer
• support building project via Nix on Darwin (#175), thanks @BrianHicks
• indexer supports prefix filtering (#177), rhanks @virchau13
• command-line option to specify system for which to build the index
  (#183), thanks @usertam
• nix-channel-index: new command to build a programs.sqlite as currently
  distributed with nix channels (#192), thanks @K900

fixed

• command-not-found.sh never accesses undefined variables anymore
  (allows set -u) (#123), thanks @matthewbauer
• support xlibs renamed to xorg in recent nixpkgs (#179), thanks @cole-h
• rust dependencies updated to latest versions, fixes security warnings, thanks @edude03,
  @berbiche, @Sciecentistguy, @Mic92

changed

• nix-env is now invoked in parallel to query paths (improves
  performance)
• performance improvement: multithread compression (#152), thanks
  @enolan
• performance improvement: reduce compression level from 22 to 19
  (#152), thanks @enolan
• performance improvement: get store paths from nix-env in parallel
  (#152), thanks @enolan