From 5a565f155f011d7ffa1570d79ea52d39b8f245bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alsaiduq-lab <riiidge.racer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 04:59:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] because i keep forgetting

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 manual-cleanup.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 manual-cleanup.txt

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+# Commands for cleaning up Nix system because I'm tired of looking these up:
+
+nix-env --list-generations
+
+# Perform garbage collection by deleting old derivations
+nix-collect-garbage --delete-old
+
+# recommeneded to sometimes run as sudo to collect additional garbage
+sudo nix-collect-garbage -d
+
+# As a separation of concerns - you will need to run this command to clean out boot
+sudo /run/current-system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot