Imply --offline during tab completion#161
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Previously, if you don't have Internet connectivity, tab completion might try to fetch the flake registry, e.g. $ NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS=4 nix build -vvvvv --offline /home/eelco/De evaluating file '<nix/derivation-internal.nix>' downloading 'https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json'... warning: error: unable to download 'https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json': Could not resolve hostname (6) Could not resolve host: channels.nixos.org; retrying in 294 ms warning: error: unable to download 'https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json': Could not resolve hostname (6) Could not resolve host: channels.nixos.org; retrying in 541 ms warning: error: unable to download 'https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json': Could not resolve hostname (6) Could not resolve host: channels.nixos.org; retrying in 1230 ms warning: error: unable to download 'https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json': Could not resolve hostname (6) Could not resolve host: channels.nixos.org; retrying in 2285 ms warning: error: unable to download 'https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json': Could not resolve hostname (6) Could not resolve host: channels.nixos.org; using cached version
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Motivation
A small QoL improvement (cherry-picked from upstream NixOS#12595).
Previously, if you don't have Internet connectivity, tab completion might try to fetch the flake registry, e.g.
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