nix copy: Add --profile and --out-link flags #11657
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Motivation
This allows
nix copy
to atomically copy a store path and point a profile to it, without the risk that the store path might be GC'ed in between. This is useful for instance when deploying a new NixOS system profile from a remote store.Context
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