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mirror-nixos-branch: also expose date of commit
emilylange Nov 13, 2025
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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions mirror-nixos-branch.pl
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Expand Up @@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ sub fetch {

my $rev = $evalInfo->{jobsetevalinputs}->{nixpkgs}->{revision} or die;

# Get commit date of $rev as unixtime and formatted string
my $revUnix = `git show --no-patch --format='%ct' $rev` or die;
my $revDate = strftime("%F %T %Z", localtime($revUnix));

print STDERR "\nRelease information:\n";
print STDERR " - release is: $releaseName (build $releaseId)\n - eval is: $evalId\n - prefix is: $releasePrefix\n - Git commit is: $rev\n\n";
print STDERR " - release is: $releaseName (build $releaseId)\n - eval is: $evalId\n - prefix is: $releasePrefix\n - Git commit is: $rev\n - Git commit date is: $revDate\n\n";

if ($bucketChannels) {
# Guard against the channel going back in time.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -273,14 +277,14 @@ sub fetch {
run("xz", "$tmpDir/store-paths");
}

my $now = strftime("%F %T", localtime);
my $now = strftime("%F %T %Z", localtime);
my $title = "$channelName release $releaseName";
my $githubLink = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commits/$rev";

my $html = "<html><head>";
$html .= "<title>$title</title></head>";
$html .= "<body><h1>$title</h1>";
$html .= "<p>Released on $now from <a href='$githubLink'>Git commit <tt>$rev</tt></a> ";
$html .= "<p>Released on $now from <a href='$githubLink'>Git commit <tt>$rev</tt></a> from $revDate ";
$html .= "via <a href='$evalUrl'>Hydra evaluation $evalId</a>.</p>";
$html .= "<table><thead><tr><th>File name</th><th>Size</th><th>SHA-256 hash</th></tr></thead><tbody>";

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -357,7 +361,7 @@ sub redirect {

# Update channels on channels.nixos.org.
redirect($channelName, $releasePrefix);
redirect("$channelName/nixexprs.tar.xz", "$releasePrefix/nixexprs.tar.xz?rev=$rev");
redirect("$channelName/nixexprs.tar.xz", "$releasePrefix/nixexprs.tar.xz?rev=$rev&lastModified=$revUnix");
redirect("$channelName/git-revision", "$releasePrefix/git-revision");
redirect("$channelName/packages.json.br", "$releasePrefix/packages.json.br");
redirect("$channelName/store-paths.xz", "$releasePrefix/store-paths.xz");
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