rxp_trace: Trace Lineage of Derivations

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Trace Lineage of Derivations

Description

Trace Lineage of Derivations

Usage

rxp_trace(
  name = NULL,
  dag_file = file.path("_rixpress", "dag.json"),
  transitive = TRUE,
  include_self = FALSE
)

Arguments

name	Character, defaults to NULL. Name of the derivation to inspect. If NULL, the function prints the whole pipeline (inverted global view).
dag_file	Character, defaults to "_rixpress/dag.json". Path to dag.json.
transitive	Logical, defaults to TRUE. If TRUE, show transitive closure and mark transitive-only nodes with "*". If FALSE, show immediate neighbours only.
include_self	Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, include name itself in the results.

Value

Invisibly, a named list mapping each inspected derivation name to a list with elements: - dependencies - reverse_dependencies The function also prints a tree representation to the console.

See Also

Other utilities: print.rxp_derivation(), rxp_check_chronicles(), rxp_copy(), rxp_gc(), rxp_init(), rxp_inspect(), rxp_list_logs(), rxp_load(), rxp_read()

rixpress documentation built on Feb. 19, 2026, 9:06 a.m.