nix-rebuild

Installation
SKILL.md

Nix System Rebuild

After changing any Nix-managed config in ~/.config/dotfiles, the system must be rebuilt for changes to take effect. Nix store symlinks are read-only — you cannot edit them in place.

Quick Rebuild

cd ~/.config/dotfiles
sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake .

darwin-rebuild has a NOPASSWD sudoers rule, so this works non-interactively.

Using hey

The hey command wraps rebuilds:

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nix-rebuild — edmundmiller/dotfiles