group the release info

this makes the codename globally accessible in the repo. The release is
not only for NixOS anymore.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/trivial.nix b/lib/trivial.nix
index e31cf73d27c..17489311236 100644
--- a/lib/trivial.nix
+++ b/lib/trivial.nix
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ rec {
   /* Returns the current nixpkgs release number as string. */
   release = lib.strings.fileContents ../.version;
 
+  /* Returns the current nixpkgs release code name.
+
+     On each release the first letter is bumped and a new animal is chosen
+     starting with that new letter.
+  */
+  codeName = "Koi";
+
   /* Returns the current nixpkgs version suffix as string. */
   versionSuffix =
     let suffixFile = ../.version-suffix;