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Eelco Dolstra 2024-07-26 20:34:04 +02:00
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src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
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@ -559,11 +559,11 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchTarball({
.doc = R"(
Download the specified URL, unpack it and return the path of the
unpacked tree. The file must be a tape archive (`.tar`) compressed
with `gzip`, `bzip2` or `xz`. The top-level path component of the
files in the tarball is removed, so it is best if the tarball
contains a single directory at top level. The typical use of the
function is to obtain external Nix expression dependencies, such as
a particular version of Nixpkgs, e.g.
with `gzip`, `bzip2` or `xz`. If the tarball consists of a
single directory or non-executable file, then the top-level path
component of the files in the tarball is removed. The typical
use of the function is to obtain external Nix expression
dependencies, such as a particular version of Nixpkgs, e.g.
```nix
with import (fetchTarball https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz) {};