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by caiusdurling 787 days ago
Extremely well, even supports passing arguments (`--HEAD`) through and integrates with services for casks too, so it can restart things like postgresql when homebrew updates it.

Having nix-darwin uninstall brews not declared in the flake makes me stay honest about keeping my configuration up to date as well, if I've just `brew install x` to try something it'll get removed next time I apply my config. Needs adding to the flake to keep it installed persistently, which in turn means my config tends to be up to date.
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JamesSwift 787 days ago
> Having nix-darwin uninstall brews not declared in the flake makes me stay honest about keeping my configuration up to date as well

Note that you don't need nix-darwin to achieve that. I keep my homebrew stuff separate from nix but still "keep myself honest" with this:

  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 /opt/homebrew/bin/brew bundle --file="$HOME/Brewfile" --cleanup --no-upgrade
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