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tomberek
6193737ca1
Merge pull request #10710 from fricklerhandwerk/nix-store-import-example
add example to `nix-store --import`
2024-05-19 13:27:36 -04:00
Robert Hensing
303268bb71
Merge pull request #10479 from obsidiansystems/ca-fso-docs
Document file system object content addressing
2024-05-15 22:52:53 +02:00
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
Valentin Gagarin
6907eaad4f reword documentation on nix-store --import
- add links to definitions of terms
- one sentence per line
- be more specific about which store is used for the import
- clearly distinguish store paths and store objects
- make a recommendation to use `nix-copy-closure` for efficient SSH transfers
2024-05-15 01:59:07 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
dcc2a51bac add example to nix-store --import
this also features specifying `--store` to give more pointers for
discoverability
2024-05-15 01:11:14 +02:00
Alexander Bantyev
36b059748d Split nix-env and nix-store documentation per-subcommand
Documentation on "classic" commands with many sub-commands are
notoriously hard to discover due to lack of overview and anchor links.
Additionally the information on common options and environment variables
is not accessible offline in man pages, and therefore often overlooked
by readers.

With this change, each sub-command of nix-store and nix-env gets its
own page in the manual (listed in the table of contents), and each own
man page.

Also, man pages for each subcommand now (again) list common options
and environment variables. While this makes each page quite long and
some common parameters don't apply, this should still make it easier
to navigate as that additional information was not accessible on the
command line at all.

It is now possible to run 'nix-store --<subcommand> --help` to display
help pages for the given subcommand.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-03-30 09:46:28 +02:00