doc/nix fmt: Do not document behavior we do not control

This leads to confusion about what the command does.
E.g. https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/9359

- Move the description up

- Remove details about the individual formatters
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Robert Hensing 2024-09-29 18:42:38 +02:00
parent ca3fc1693b
commit 8c4842de8c
2 changed files with 10 additions and 16 deletions

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R""(
# Description
`nix fmt` calls the formatter specified in the flake.
Flags can be forwarded to the formatter by using `--` followed by the flags.
Any arguments will be forwarded to the formatter. Typically these are the files to format.
# Examples
With [nixpkgs-fmt](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt):
@ -13,10 +22,6 @@ With [nixpkgs-fmt](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt):
}
```
- Format the current flake: `$ nix fmt`
- Format a specific folder or file: `$ nix fmt ./folder ./file.nix`
With [nixfmt](https://github.com/serokell/nixfmt):
```nix
@ -28,8 +33,6 @@ With [nixfmt](https://github.com/serokell/nixfmt):
}
```
- Format specific files: `$ nix fmt ./file1.nix ./file2.nix`
With [Alejandra](https://github.com/kamadorueda/alejandra):
```nix
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}
```
- Format the current flake: `$ nix fmt`
- Format a specific folder or file: `$ nix fmt ./folder ./file.nix`
# Description
`nix fmt` will rewrite all Nix files (\*.nix) to a canonical format
using the formatter specified in your flake.
)""

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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cp ./simple.nix ./simple.builder.sh ./fmt.simple.sh ./config.nix "$TEST_HOME"
cd "$TEST_HOME"
nix fmt --help | grep "Format"
nix fmt --help | grep "forward"
cat << EOF > flake.nix
{