From 504f28b3a1213786dd5547ed8c125f5ec1570988 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Merlin=20G=C3=B6ttlinger?= Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 17:11:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documented nix availability --- README.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f9bc1433..5456170c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ This should work with the following distributions: - FreeBSD - MacOS +### Via nix + +You can install `bat` using the [nix package manager](https://nixos.org/nix): + +```bash +nix-env -i bat +``` + ### On macOS You can install `bat` with [Homebrew](http://braumeister.org/formula/bat): @@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ or by setting `BAT_PAGER` to an empty string. ### Cygwin -`bat` on Windows does not natively support Cygwin's unix-style paths (`/cygdrive/*`). When passed an absolute cygwin path as an argument, `bat` will encounter the following error: `The system cannot find the path specified. (os error 3)` +`bat` on Windows does not natively support Cygwin's unix-style paths (`/cygdrive/*`). When passed an absolute cygwin path as an argument, `bat` will encounter the following error: `The system cannot find the path specified. (os error 3)` This can be solved by creating a wrapper or adding the following function to your `.bash_profile` file: