nix-resolve-dependencies.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if ! test -e /tmp/nix-nixpkgs-cache; then
  nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qaP --no-name --out-path \* > /tmp/nix-nixpkgs-cache
fi

exprs="with import <nixpkgs> {}; (pkgs.runCommandCC or pkgs.runCommand) \"instantiate\" { buildInputs = [ $* ]; } \"\""
exprsDrv=$(nix-instantiate -E "$exprs" 2> /dev/null)

for drv in $(nix-store -qR "$exprsDrv"); do
  out="$(nix-store -q --binding out "$drv" 2> /dev/null)"
  if test -n "$out"; then
    grep "$out" /tmp/nix-nixpkgs-cache | awk '{print $1}'
  fi
done