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Author SHA1 Message Date
John Ericson
bc118854d0 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into doc-what-is-nix 2022-08-04 09:11:42 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin
b631742277 fix page rendering
apparently it is not possible to link to page anchors with `mdBook`[1]

[1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/167
2022-08-04 14:31:33 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b7309ce624 move architecture to the end 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
00a7eaed67 add file system object to table of contents 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
def80d5777 add subsections to table of contents 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
fa7ad4593d explain store directory 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
93f721b0d2 remove draft on derivations 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
75ce324052 use singular for class names consistently 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ad8c2ed7f0 remove incomplete section: input/content-addressing 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
3bd125ebbe remove incomplete section: nix archives 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b18852eb3f remove incomplete section: content-addressed objects 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7cec9ee361 remove incomplete section: relocatability 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
96876b1eae remove incomplete section: related work 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
1ba6d8fb1d remove incomplete section: building 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
John Ericson
3d8f2f5cc1 Fix manual TOC links 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
39f01176a7 design -> architecture, add motivation
following ideas found in Architecture of Gazelle[1]

[1]: 56d35f8db0/Design.rst
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7598126391 remove separate meta-section, add architecture diagram
the diagram is a first approximation and only covers that same section.
of course there is much more going on, and other features should at some
point also be illustrated.

we also have to think about presentation format and technicalities
behind it. the manual has to render to `man`, but we may want something
more refined for web view.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson
0737094161 Add draft "Rosetta stone" by @fricklerhandwerk and stub commentary
The idea and most of the execution are @fricklerhandwerk's. I changed a
few things best I could based on @edolstra's corrections, and a Bazel
glossary.

Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson
838ba26fda Rename files after store entry -> store object rename 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson
4e2d5ae202 doc: Store entry -> store object
This matches the terminology in Eelco's thesis.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson
678d75baea Start on the derivations section 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson
e3a0209a9e Move the bits on relocating store entires to the end
They are too advanced for up front.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson
e64633f98f Flesh out TOC 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson
523359d133 WIP: Document the design of Nix
The current docs are all "how to do things" and no "what is Nix" or "why
are things the way they are".

I see lots of misconception on the wider internet, and I also think we
would benefit from a "living document" to answer some questions people
currently turn to the thesis for.

I think a new section of the manual can address all these issues.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
499ed26508 manual: remove "Writing Nix Expressions" chapter
it is out of date, all over the place in level of detail, is really
about `nixpkgs`, and in general instructions should not be part of
a reference manual.

also:
- update redirects and internal links
- use "Nix language" consistently
2022-08-04 11:59:25 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
41a3b315fd manual: values -> data types 2022-07-28 17:25:25 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
be4654c344 manual: fix section title in table of contents 2022-07-28 15:55:41 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
28e913c605 Branch 2.10 release notes 2022-07-11 21:10:23 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
de13b44573
Branch 2.9 release notes 2022-05-30 20:42:55 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
1cdad1074c Move rl-next.md to rl-2.8.md 2022-04-19 21:12:33 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
ad7c99ef20 Move rl-next.md to rl-2.7.md 2022-03-07 20:10:18 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
9faad4c5eb Move rl-next.md to rl-2.5.md 2022-01-25 00:11:00 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
f133001dc8 Move rl-next.md to rl-2.5.md 2021-12-13 16:48:44 +01:00
Rok Garbas
a118a70649
Documenting how to use/build Nix' Docker image 2021-11-11 16:07:01 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
bc4b7521f4 Rename rl-2.5.md to rl-next.md
Having a generically named file for release notes for the next release
makes things easier for PRs.
2021-10-28 14:36:47 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
25b6b74175 Manual: Link to 2.4 release notes 2021-09-09 15:01:36 +02:00
Rok Garbas
7de4b1e9aa
smaller fixes 2020-12-17 23:42:49 +01:00
Rok Garbas
24db5b125f
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into cli-guideline 2020-12-07 15:13:36 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
72428e38d9 Generate separate manpages for each nix subcommand 2020-12-02 23:23:23 +01:00
Renamed from doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md (Browse further)