nix/doc/manual/rl-next/nix-profile-names.md

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synopsis: "`nix profile` now allows referring to elements by human-readable name"
prs: 8678
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[`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) now uses names to refer to installed packages when running [`list`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-list.md), [`remove`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-remove.md) or [`upgrade`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-upgrade.md) as opposed to indices. Indices are deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into profile-names-instead-of-index 2023-12-21 10:21:26 -05:00			`---`
Fix release notes 2023-12-21 10:33:53 -05:00			synopsis: "`nix profile` now allows referring to elements by human-readable name"
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into profile-names-instead-of-index 2023-12-21 10:21:26 -05:00			`prs: 8678`
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			[`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) now uses names to refer to installed packages when running [`list`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-list.md), [`remove`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-remove.md) or [`upgrade`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-upgrade.md) as opposed to indices. Indices are deprecated and will be removed in a future version.