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+.PHONY: upgrade update switch home clean gc home history repl
+
+upgrade: update home switch
+
+update:
+	@nix flake update
+
+switch:
+	@sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .
+
+home:
+	@home-manager switch --flake .
+
+clean:
+	# remove all generations older than 30 days
+	@sudo nix profile wipe-history --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system  --older-than 30d
+
+gc:
+	# garbage collect all unused nix store entries
+	@sudo nix-collect-garbage --delete-old
+
+history:
+	@nix profile history --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
+
+repl:
+  	@nix repl -f flake:nixpkgs