All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

• Support running system-manager from macOS to deploy configurations to Linux (#325)

• Remove eval warnings (#324)

• Reorganize documentation with tutorials, how-to guides, explanations, and reference pages
• Add CONTRIBUTING.md with developer guidelines
• Add supported platforms reference page
• Add file permissions and ownership reference

• Init subcommand for initializing system-manager configurations (#210)
• Automated NixOS module compatibility testing tools
• Cachix substituter configured in nix config (#280)
• Nix settings configuration support (#257)
• Manual documentation with mdBook (#206)
• Support for implicit systemConfigs.${currentSystem}.* paths (#235)
• Support for attribute sets with string keys (#220)
• File ownership (uid/gid) support for /etc files (#191, #192)
• Support for nixpkgs.config configuration (#164)
• Support for buildPlatform, hostPlatform, and overlays (#184)
• Support for systemd.tmpfiles.settings (#148)
• Overlay for easier integration with other projects (#125)
• SELinux support documentation
• allowAnyDistro option for unsupported distributions (#85)
• Debug output showing nix commands being run
• Remote deployment via --target-host option
• System activation and deactivation scripts
• State file for tracking generations
• Assertions support for pre-activation checks

• Return an error if the activation of tmp files fails (#255)
• Cross-compilation issues with makeBinaryWrapper (#229, #234)
• Pass hostname as a quoted string (#243)
• Fix passwd --stdin not available on old Ubuntu versions
• Pre-populate script name (#99)
• Use types.attrs instead of nonexistent types.freeform (#53)
• Adapted systemd module after upstream shellcheck changes
• Switched to nixfmt for code formatting
• Improved CLI API with better subcommands
• Store profile in /nix/var/nix/profiles subdirectory
• Refactored systemd activation logic using DBus

• Avoid unmanaged file overwrites by checking if existing files are managed

• Configuration of files under /etc with proper state tracking
• systemd service management with DBus integration
• systemd tmpfiles.d support (#27)
• Flake-based configuration system
• Generation management with GC root registration
• Activation/deactivation lifecycle management
• Remote deployment support

Thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible:

• Aaron Andersen
• Adrian Hesketh
• Alix Brunet
• bryango
• commiterate
• eureka-cpu
• ginkogruen
• Jean-François Roche
• Jeffrey Freckleface Cogswell
• Jonas Chevalier
• Julien Malka
• Michal Sojka
• Mike Lloyd
• mjones-vsat
• Nick Curran
• Nikolay Yakimov
• oluceps
• Phani Rithvij
• Pierre-Etienne Meunier
• Ramses
• Silver
• Sofie
• Steve Dodd
• Yvan Sraka