home-manager/doc/man-home-manager.xml

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  <refentrytitle><command>home-manager</command></refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo class="source">Home Manager</refmiscinfo>
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 <refnamediv>
  <refname><command>home-manager</command></refname>
  <refpurpose>reconfigure a user environment</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
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  <cmdsynopsis>
   <command>home-manager</command> <group choice="req"> 
   <arg choice="plain">
    <option>help</option>
   </arg>
    
   <arg choice="plain">
    <option>build</option>
   </arg>
    
   <arg choice="plain">
    <option>switch</option>
   </arg>
    
   <arg choice="plain">
    <option>generations</option>
   </arg>
    
   <arg choice="plain">
    <option>remove-generations</option>
   </arg>
    
   <arg choice="plain">
    <option>packages</option>
   </arg>
    
   <arg choice="plain">
    <option>news</option>
   </arg>
    </group>
  </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 <refsection>
  <title>Description</title>
  <para>
   This command updates the user environment so that it corresponds to the
   configuration specified in <filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix</filename>.
  </para>
 </refsection>
 <refsection>
  <title>Files</title>
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <filename>~/.local/share/home-manager/news-read-ids</filename>
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Identifiers of news items that have been shown. Can be deleted to reset
      the read news indicator.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsection>
 <refsection>
  <title>Bugs</title>
  <para>
   Please report any bugs on the
   <link
   xlink:href="https://github.com/rycee/home-manager/issues">project
   issue tracker</link>.
  </para>
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