go-grep-cache/README.md

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go-grep-cache

Go port of https://github.com/delroth/grep-nixos-cache

"A tool to efficiently grep the contents of many NixOS store paths for a given string to find. The main use case is looking for vendored libraries through the entirety of a Hydra evaluation."

I'm petty, sue me.

How to use

grep-nixos-cache --needle "what-to-search" --path ""/nix/store/...""

Why does this exist?

  1. I don't want Rust on my system
  2. I don't want flake-utils on my system
  3. Felt like it