Simple script to find out what's holding a store path alive

whats-the-holdup

#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
#!nix-shell -p nix -p ruby_2_6 -i ruby

require "open3"
require "shellwords"

def usage
  puts "Usage: whats-the-holdup [-m|--with-memory] <path>"
end

if ARGV.any? { |arg| arg == "-h" || arg == "--help" }
  usage
  exit 0
end

$with_memory = false
$with_memory ||= !ARGV.delete("-m").nil?
$with_memory ||= !ARGV.delete("--with-memory").nil?

unless ARGV.length == 1
  usage
  exit 1
end

$roots=`nix-store --gc --print-roots`.split("\n").map {|root| root.split(" -> ")}

unless $with_memory
  $roots.reject! do |pair|
    root, storepath = pair
    root.match(/^{memory:/)
  end
end

$path = ARGV.first

$roots.each do |pair|
  root, storepath = pair
  cmd = [
    "nix",
    "why-depends",
    storepath,
    $path,
  ]
  # The stdout is empty when it does not depend.
  # Additionally, `stderr` could be looked at.
  stdout, stderr, status = Open3.capture3(*cmd)
  unless stdout.strip == ""
    puts root
  end
end

# vim: ft=ruby

zz; LICENSE

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Copyright (c) 2019 Samuel Dionne-Riel

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