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#### `passthru.updateScript` {#var-passthru-updateScript}
A script to be run by `maintainers/scripts/update.nix` when the package is matched. It needs to be an executable file, either on the file system:
A script to be run by `maintainers/scripts/update.nix` when the package is matched. The attribute can contain one of the following:
```nix
passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
```
- []{#var-passthru-updateScript-command} an executable file, either on the file system:
or inside the expression itself:
```nix
passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
```
```nix
passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update-zoom-us" ''
#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl pcre common-updater-scripts
or inside the expression itself:
set -eu -o pipefail
```nix
passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update-zoom-us" ''
#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl pcre common-updater-scripts
version="$(curl -sI https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_x86_64.tar.xz | grep -Fi 'Location:' | pcregrep -o1 '/(([0-9]\.?)+)/')"
update-source-version zoom-us "$version"
'';
```
set -eu -o pipefail
The attribute can also contain a list, a script followed by arguments to be passed to it:
version="$(curl -sI https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_x86_64.tar.xz | grep -Fi 'Location:' | pcregrep -o1 '/(([0-9]\.?)+)/')"
update-source-version zoom-us "$version"
'';
```
```nix
passthru.updateScript = [ ../../update.sh pname "--requested-release=unstable" ];
```
- a list, a script followed by arguments to be passed to it:
The script will be run with the `UPDATE_NIX_NAME`, `UPDATE_NIX_PNAME`, `UPDATE_NIX_OLD_VERSION` and `UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH` environment variables set respectively to the name, pname, old version and attribute path of the package it is supposed to update.
```nix
passthru.updateScript = [ ../../update.sh pname "--requested-release=unstable" ];
```
- an attribute set containing:
- [`command`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-set-command} a string or list in the [format expected by `passthru.updateScript`](#var-passthru-updateScript-command).
- [`attrPath`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-set-attrPath} (optional) a string containing the canonical attribute path for the package. If present, it will be passed to the update script instead of the attribute path on which the package was discovered during Nixpkgs traversal.
- [`supportedFeatures`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-set-supportedFeatures} (optional) a list of the [extra features](#var-passthru-updateScript-supported-features) the script supports.
```nix
passthru.updateScript = {
command = [ ../../update.sh pname ];
attrPath = pname;
supportedFeatures = [ … ];
};
```
##### How update scripts are executed? {#var-passthru-updateScript-execution}
Update scripts are to be invoked by `maintainers/scripts/update.nix` script. You can run `nix-shell maintainers/scripts/update.nix` in the root of Nixpkgs repository for information on how to use it. `update.nix` offers several modes for selecting packages to update (e.g. select by attribute path, traverse Nixpkgs and filter by maintainer, etc.), and it will execute update scripts for all matched packages that have an `updateScript` attribute.
Each update script will be passed the following environment variables:
- [`UPDATE_NIX_NAME`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-env-UPDATE_NIX_NAME} content of the `name` attribute of the updated package.
- [`UPDATE_NIX_PNAME`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-env-UPDATE_NIX_PNAME} content of the `pname` attribute of the updated package.
- [`UPDATE_NIX_OLD_VERSION`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-env-UPDATE_NIX_OLD_VERSION} content of the `version` attribute of the updated package.
- [`UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-env-UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH} attribute path the `update.nix` discovered the package on (or the [canonical `attrPath`](#var-passthru-updateScript-set-attrPath) when available). Example: `pantheon.elementary-terminal`
::: {.note}
The script will be usually run from the root of the Nixpkgs repository but you should not rely on that. Also note that the update scripts will be run in parallel by default; you should avoid running `git commit` or any other commands that cannot handle that.
An update script will be usually run from the root of the Nixpkgs repository but you should not rely on that. Also note that `update.nix` executes update scripts in parallel by default so you should avoid running `git commit` or any other commands that cannot handle that.
:::
For information about how to run the updates, execute `nix-shell maintainers/scripts/update.nix`.
::: {.tip}
While update scripts should not create commits themselves, `maintainers/scripts/update.nix` supports automatically creating commits when running it with `--argstr commit true`. If you need to customize commit message, you can have the update script implement [`commit`](#var-passthru-updateScript-commit) feature.
:::
##### Supported features {#var-passthru-updateScript-supported-features}
###### `commit` {#var-passthru-updateScript-commit}
This feature allows update scripts to *ask* `update.nix` to create Git commits.
When support of this feature is declared, whenever the update script exits with `0` return status, it is expected to print a JSON list containing an object described below for each updated attribute to standard output.
When `update.nix` is run with `--argstr commit true` arguments, it will create a separate commit for each of the objects. An empty list can be returned when the script did not update any files, for example, when the package is already at the latest version.
The commit object contains the following values:
- [`attrPath`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-commit-attrPath} a string containing attribute path.
- [`oldVersion`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-commit-oldVersion} a string containing old version.
- [`newVersion`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-commit-newVersion} a string containing new version.
- [`files`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-commit-files} a non-empty list of file paths (as strings) to add to the commit.
- [`commitBody`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-commit-commitBody} (optional) a string with extra content to be appended to the default commit message (useful for adding changelog links).
- [`commitMessage`]{#var-passthru-updateScript-commit-commitMessage} (optional) a string to use instead of the default commit message.
If the returned array contains exactly one object (e.g. `[{}]`), all values are optional and will be determined automatically.
```{=docbook}
<example>
<title>Standard output of an update script using commit feature</title>
```
```json
[
{
"attrPath": "volume_key",
"oldVersion": "0.3.11",
"newVersion": "0.3.12",
"files": [
"/path/to/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/volume-key/default.nix"
]
}
]
```
```{=docbook}
</example>
```
### Recursive attributes in `mkDerivation` {#mkderivation-recursive-attributes}