home-manager/docs/release-notes/rl-2405.md
Robert Helgesson 7403ed4980
home-manager: internalize uninstall
This adds a Boolean option `uninstall`. When enabled this option will
reset side-effecting configurations to their "empty" state. The intent
is that this will cause the activation script to remove all managed
files and packages.

Doing it this way should hopefully be more robust than the previous
solution. It also allows a somewhat more convenient uninstall process
when using Flakes; put `uninstall = true` in your existing
configuration and then do a switch.

Also add simple uninstall test in CI test job.
2024-01-13 00:32:31 +01:00

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# Release 24.05 {#sec-release-24.05}
This is the current unstable branch and the information in this section
is therefore not final.
## Highlights {#sec-release-24.05-highlights}
This release has the following notable changes:
- The `.release` file in the Home Manager project root has been
removed. Please use the `release.json` file instead.
- The {command}`home-manager uninstall` command has been reworked to,
hopefully, be more robust. The new implementation makes use of a new
Boolean configuration option [uninstall](#opt-uninstall) that can
also be used in a pure Nix Flake setup.
Specifically, if you are using a Flake only installation, then you
can clean up a Home Manager installation by adding
``` nix
uninstall = true;
```
to your existing configuration and then build and activate. This
will override any other configuration and cause, for example, the
removal of all managed files.
Please be very careful when enabling this option since activating
the built configuration will not only remove the managed files but
_all_ Home Manager state from your user environment. This includes
removing all your historic Home Manager generations!
## State Version Changes {#sec-release-24.05-state-version-changes}
The state version in this release includes the changes below. These
changes are only active if the `home.stateVersion` option is set to
\"24.05\" or later.
- Nothing, yet.