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Ryan Hendrickson
48804cffbf docs: fill out language/types.md#type-path 2024-07-08 00:41:19 -04:00
Ryan Hendrickson
95890b3e1d docs: merge builtin-constants into builtins 2024-07-07 15:57:23 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin
a713476790
docs: split types from syntax (#11013)
move together all syntactic and semantic information into one
page, and add a page on data types, which in turn links to the syntax and
semantics.

also split out the note on scoping rules into its own page.

Co-authored-by: Ryan Hendrickson <ryan.hendrickson@alum.mit.edu>
2024-07-03 09:03:41 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b44909ac22
add many more examples on escaping in strings (#10974) 2024-06-27 10:58:59 +02:00
Harmen
3b388f6629
string interpolation escape example (#10966)
* string interpolation escape example

Make it easier to find the documentation, and the example might be enough for most cases.

Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2024-06-27 08:30:21 +00:00
Robert Hensing
6f64154eea
Merge pull request #10884 from tomberek/tomberek.warn_structuredAttrs_advanced
fix: warn and document when advanced attributes will have no impact d…
2024-06-24 07:56:26 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d1dd7abbf0
mention the actual meaning of FODs in the glossary (#10888)
* mention the actual meaning of FODs in the glossary

Co-authored-by: Alex Groleau <source@proof.construction>
Co-authored-by: Daniel Baker <daniel.n.baker@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-06-10 20:50:35 +02:00
Tom Bereknyei
4809e59b7e fix: warn and document when advanced attributes will have no impact due to __structuredAttrs 2024-06-10 09:31:21 -04:00
Martin Joerg
e7ea5591a2 fix typos 2024-05-27 15:56:52 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
117dbc2c46 add examples of comments
make a suggestion for what to do if one wants to write nested comments
2024-05-21 16:49:46 +02:00
John Ericson
1c75af969a Document store object content addressing & improve JSON format
The JSON format no longer uses the legacy ATerm `r:` prefixing nonsese,
but separate fields.

Progress on #9866

Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-05-20 09:34:35 -04:00
John Ericson
043135a848 Document file system object content addressing
In addition:

- Take the opportunity to add a bunch more missing hyperlinks, too.

- Remove some glossary entries that are now subsumed by dedicated pages.
  We used to not be able to do this without breaking link fragments, but
  now we can, so pick up where we left off.

Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-05-15 16:28:48 -04:00
John Ericson
b5605217ae
Document string context (#8595)
* Document string context

Now what we have enough primops, we can document how string contexts
work.

Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Théophane Hufschmitt <7226587+thufschmitt@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
Co-authored-by: Felix Uhl <iFreilicht@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-05-08 23:14:00 +02:00
John Ericson
d8d20307a8
Merge pull request #10620 from nh2/patch-2
manual: language: Explain that `with` does not shadow
2024-05-08 11:41:21 -04:00
John Ericson
a5252c9979
doc: Reword scoping section
"dynamic scope" is not accurate, so reword. The underlying idea is good however.
2024-05-08 11:18:17 -04:00
Robert Hensing
0eababb5f7 doc: Edit
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2024-05-06 18:26:11 +02:00
Robert Hensing
038573279c doc/values: Refer to base directory definition 2024-05-06 18:23:15 +02:00
Robert Hensing
020edac1ca doc/values: Improve Path
See https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/8738 for a more pointed
criticism of absolute paths.
2024-05-06 18:22:13 +02:00
Niklas Hambüchen
460d8fbaea language: Link examples to detail explanations.
Also, warn of the scoping caveats of `with`.
2024-05-05 16:56:35 +02:00
Robert Hensing
e8d267ad5b doc/values: Refer to base directory 2024-04-21 14:24:33 +02:00
John Ericson
95ae12b607 docs: Refer to the glossary with @docroot@ instead of ..
These unweildy relative paths probably predate the `@docroot@`
mechanism.
2024-04-12 11:46:47 -04:00
John Ericson
93d68e18e5 Make outputHashAlgo accept "nar", stay in sync
Now that we have a few things identifying content address methods by
name, we should be consistent about it.

Move up the `parseHashAlgoOpt` for tidiness too.

Discussed this change for consistency's sake as part of #8876

Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2024-04-09 16:17:23 -04:00
Robert Hensing
fbf493758c doc/language: Link to nix.dev introduction
Closes #10283
2024-03-24 02:08:28 +01:00
Daniel Sidhion
49e9efeaaa
doc: document SRI hash format for outputHash (#10230) 2024-03-15 07:09:47 +01:00
Jonathan Dickinson
1ffcbddf62
docs: add inherit to language overview (#10194)
* docs: add inherit to language overview

Adds a short summary about `inherit` to the language overview.
2024-03-08 14:24:44 +00:00
John Ericson
ef0b82a267
Merge pull request #9986 from nbelakovski/patch-1
Add a note about lists values.md
2024-02-13 17:10:32 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin
fd82ba0985
extract reference documentation on remote builds (#9526)
- move all reference documentation to the `builders` configuration setting
- reword documentation on machine specification, add examples
- disable showing the default value, as it rendered as `@/dummy/machines`, which is wrong
- highlight the examples
- link to the configuration docs for distributed builds
- builder -> build machine

Co-authored-by: Janik H <janik@aq0.de>
2024-02-13 14:13:56 +01:00
nbelakovski
4496a4537b
Update values.md
Link to elemAt
2024-02-11 22:52:49 -08:00
nbelakovski
f298159a2b
Add a note about lists values.md
There's probably more that can be said, but I thought it might be helpful to put something here about how to access elements of a list for folks coming from more or less any other programming language. If this is rarely used, it might be nice to add to the documentation something about why it's rarely used.
2024-02-10 18:52:39 -08:00
BOHverkill
53eecae525
Fix link to derivation in string interpolation doc
The reference link definition for it pointing to the glossary was
removed, so it is currently not displayed as a link.
2024-02-10 17:27:16 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
8d4890c3f8
catch multiple use of link reference (#9937) 2024-02-04 21:45:10 +00:00
Valentin Gagarin
8b873edcca
fix anchor link; less weird link texts (#9936) 2024-02-04 21:15:20 +00:00
Rebecca Turner
83bb494a30
Print the value in error: cannot coerce messages
This extends the `error: cannot coerce a TYPE to a string` message
to print the value that could not be coerced. This helps with debugging
by making it easier to track down where the value is being produced
from, especially in errors with deep or unhelpful stack traces.
2024-01-23 15:15:41 -08:00
Brian Le
e2399fc949 Change "dervation" typos to "derivation" 2023-12-26 17:12:28 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin
51adfb9b27 reword documentation on settings and attributes related to substitution
- add links
- be more concise
- clarify the distinction between `preferLocalBuild` and `allowSubstitutes`
2023-12-02 02:56:25 +01:00
Jan Tojnar
f25c06d7a3 docs: Fix broken link
Link target definitions need to be in a separate paragraph to be collected.

Fixup for 217d863f7a
2023-11-26 19:32:28 +01:00
Robert Hensing
7b0e8c5c2c
Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-11-17 10:56:23 +01:00
Dominic Shelton
c819375769
doc: Add example of inherit in a let expression 2023-11-17 17:50:17 +11:00
Silvan Mosberger
70b396649c doc: logical implication is right-associative
nix-repl> bools = [ false true ]

    nix-repl> combinations = builtins.concatMap (a: builtins.concatMap (b: map (c: { inherit a b c; }) bools) bools) bools

    nix-repl> builtins.all ({ a, b, c }: (a -> b -> c) == (a -> (b -> c))) combinations
    true

    nix-repl> builtins.all ({ a, b, c }: (a -> b -> c) == ((a -> b) -> c)) combinations
    false
2023-11-15 07:04:09 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
97a0c08873
Expand derivation examples (#9048)
Also use fancier formatting so the example blocks are easier to discern
from the description.

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2023-10-20 15:17:28 -04:00
Johannes Kirschbauer
e58566a057
doc: add reference to hasAttr in ? operator (#9185)
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-10-20 03:11:03 +00:00
Johannes Kirschbauer
42f26eb42e
doc: complexity for '?' operator (#9184)
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-10-20 02:45:47 +02:00
Robert Hensing
da2b59a088
Merge pull request #8047 from lovesegfault/always-allow-substitutes
feat: add always-allow-substitutes
2023-10-13 15:42:11 +02:00
Ninlives
94e91566ed
Allow CLI to pass environment variables to FOD builder (#8830)
Add a new experimental `impure-env` setting that is a key-value list of
environment variables to inject into FOD derivations that specify the
corresponding `impureEnvVars`.

This allows clients to make use of this feature (without having to change the
environment of the daemon itself) and might eventually deprecate the current
behaviour (pick whatever is in the environment of the daemon) as it's more
principled and might prevent information leakage.
2023-10-11 11:58:42 +00:00
Valentin Gagarin
1e1f08c045 annotate admonitions showing syntax
also fix typos
2023-10-10 00:45:19 +02:00
John Ericson
838be5e4a0
Merge pull request #9114 from fricklerhandwerk/lookup-path
introduce lookup paths as a distinct language construct
2023-10-09 11:28:40 -04:00
John Ericson
217d863f7a Merge branch 'master' into lookup-path 2023-10-09 10:54:54 -04:00
John Ericson
81d3a8542a
doc: Slight reword of "interpolated expression" in paragraph
I was sleepy and confused that "interpolated expression" was a new type of thing at first. This nudges the reader to understand that its just a regular expression, and these conditions are imposed by the interpolation operation.
2023-10-09 10:21:18 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin
f00a5eb11b introduce lookup paths as a distinct language construct
so far they did not really have a name, and were at best referred to as
"angle bracket syntax".
2023-10-07 04:44:09 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
a7ba8c3f4a complete example on attribute name interpolation 2023-10-07 02:49:55 +02:00