add description + example for nix flake archive

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Jörg Thalheim 2024-09-18 15:39:08 +02:00
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# nix flake archive --json --dry-run nixops # nix flake archive --json --dry-run nixops
``` ```
* Upload all flake inputs to a different machine for remote evaluation
```
# nix flake archive --to ssh://some-machine
```
On the remote machine the flake can then be accessed via its store path. That's computed like this:
```
# nix flake metadata --json | jq -r '.path'
```
# Description # Description
FIXME Copy a flake and all its inputs to a store. This is useful i.e. to evaluate flakes on a different host.
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