From 1ffcbddf62824475257da2e58b2047e87f5287c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Dickinson <jcdickinson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 09:24:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add inherit to language overview (#10194)

* docs: add inherit to language overview

Adds a short summary about `inherit` to the language overview.
---
 doc/manual/src/language/index.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/index.md b/doc/manual/src/language/index.md
index a26e43a05..5388c6dc4 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/language/index.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/language/index.md
@@ -432,6 +432,32 @@ This is an incomplete overview of language features, by example.
 
   </td>
  </tr>
+ <tr>
+  <td>
+
+   `inherit pkgs src;`
+
+  </td>
+  <td>
+
+   Adds the variables to the current scope (attribute set or `let` binding).
+   Desugars to `pkgs = pkgs; src = src;`
+
+  </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+  <td>
+
+   `inherit (pkgs) lib stdenv;`
+
+  </td>
+  <td>
+
+   Adds the attributes, from the attribute set in parentheses, to the current scope (attribute set or `let` binding).
+   Desugars to `lib = pkgs.lib; stdenv = pkgs.stdenv;`
+
+  </td>
+ </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>