0.4.7-dev

New in this Prerelease

This release includes an update to our Services system, as well as the ability to install packages from Nix Flakes.

To try out the latest pre-release, export DEVBOX_USE_VERSION=0.4.7-dev in your shell. You can revert to the stable version at any time by unsetting the variable.

Note: Direnv users may need to regenerate their .envrc file using devbox generate direnv --force. The new .envrc file should perform better, and be more reliable than previous versions

• Devbox Services 2.0 with Process Compose and custom services
  • Devbox Services are now backed by Process Compose, making it easier to start, stop, and manage your services
  • Use devbox services up to start all your services in the foreground with the Process Compose UI, or start them in the background with devbox services up -b
  • Start, stop, and restart services with devbox services start|stop|restart. Stop all your projects with devbox services stop --all-projects
  • Define your own services by adding a process-compose.yml to your project's root directory.
• Flake Support: Install packages from Nix Flakes
  • You can now install software from Nix Flakes by adding them to the packages in your devbox.json.
  • Example flake references

    {
     "packages": [
          // Add the default package from a Github hosted flake
         "github:numtide/flake-utils", 
          // Install a specific attribute or package from a Github hosted flake
         "github:nix-community/fenix#stable.toolchain", 
          // Install a package from a specific channel of Nixpkgs
         "github:nixos/nixpkgs/21.05#hello",
         // Install a package from a local flake. 
         // This should point to a directory that contains a flake.nix file.
         "path:../my-flake#my-package" 
      ]
    }

• Various bug fixes and improvements
  • Improvements to direnv performance and reliability
  • Fixed a bug that overwrote environment variables between package calls

What's Changed

• all: upgrade to Go 1.20, upgrade all dependencies by @gcurtis in #862
• ci: create Sentry release by @gcurtis in #861
• chore: update descriptions for commands by @hezhizhen in #847
• [vscode extension] Updated readme and changelog for v0.0.5 by @mohsenari in #853
• boxcli,nix: some better error messages by @gcurtis in #855
• Fix typo in installing_devbox.mdx by @parviste in #857
• Migrate services to process-compose by @Lagoja in #836
• [Readme] Moved install to above benefits by @mohsenari in #863
• chore: go mod tidy by @hezhizhen in #864
• chore: simplify global commands by @hezhizhen in #865
• Skip interactive survey if devbox is not executed in a terminal by @LucilleH in #867
• [devbox] generate script files when we generate shell files by @savil in #868
• List Services and Status via Process Compose by @Lagoja in #870
• Add init hook flag to shellenv command by @LucilleH in #871
• [wrappers] Don't re-source shellenv if already sourced by @mikeland86 in #872
• [vscode extension] update README by @hezhizhen in #877
• [flakes] Add ability to add custom local flakes to devbox project by @mikeland86 in #866
• [examples] Update dependencies by @mikeland86 in #878
• [easy][examples] Update more deps by @mikeland86 in #879
• [nix] Re-add profile to path by @mikeland86 in #882
• [bin-wrappers] Use shellenv command in binwrappers by @mikeland86 in #876
• set HOME for testscripts by @savil in #875
• [vscode-extension] Added better error messages and debugs for openinvscode by @mohsenari in #887
• nixstore: Nix expression for generating a nixpkgs index by @gcurtis in #885
• [tests] Tests should not modify config by @mikeland86 in #883
• [nix] Allow github flakes in devbox.json by @mikeland86 in #888
• [cleanup] delete unused shell.nix and development.nix templates by @savil in #891
• nixstore: add package for querying and resolving Nix store paths by @gcurtis in #884
• chore: get config path from --config only by @hezhizhen in #889
• [devbox] Make stack-examples using Postgres actually work by @savil in #874
• [examples] enable stacks-django and rust examples to pass by @savil in #880
• [example tests] generate "set -e" to exit scripts upon failure by @savil in #869
• [shell] source the hooks file in shellrc by @savil in #890
• bring back shell.nix, but keep development.nix deleted by @savil in #895
• Bump nokogiri from 1.14.2 to 1.14.3 in /examples/stacks/rails/blog by @dependabot in #893
• Multi-instance Process Compose by @Lagoja in #873
• [devbox] add .envrc file to repo by @savil in #899
• [lockfile] Add hidden lockfile for caching by @mikeland86 in #897
• [perf] Only compute print-dev-env if needed by @mikeland86 in #898
• [vscode-extension] Prep for version 0.0.6 release of vscode extension by @mohsenari in #903
• [direnv] drop shell.nix, rely solely on devbox shell --print-env by @savil in #902
• [examples tests] insert one second sleep for services to initialize by @savil in #904
• [cicd] bump timeouts for cli-tests by @savil in #905
• [CICD] stream go test output, and turn off DEVBOX_DEBUG for example tests by @savil in #906
• [CICD] Don't run example tests on mac by @mikeland86 in #907

New Contributors

• @parviste made their first contribution in #857

Full Changelog: 0.4.6...0.4.7-dev