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Author SHA1 Message Date
Robert Hensing
e91fd837ee Move shebang docs from rl-next to nix.md 2023-11-07 13:24:01 -05:00
Tom Bereknyei
c609be4072 doc: explain the . attrPath prefix notation 2023-08-19 17:19:52 -04:00
Bader AlAttar
3fa0266e7a
Fix some grammar in installables doc (#8682) 2023-07-10 09:33:04 +00:00
figsoda
b64450ed4e Fix code block formatting in man page 2023-06-04 14:50:47 -04:00
Alexander Schmolck
afd9bd787d Also use long options in src/nix/*.md 2023-05-17 08:10:30 +01:00
John Ericson
d93e76fbb8 Start cross-referencing experimental features
- Create a glossary entry for experimental features.

- Have the man page experimental feature notice link `nix-commmand`.

  (Eventually this should be programmed, based on whether the command is
  experimental, and if so what experimental feature does it depend on.)

- Document which installables depend on which experimental features.

  I tried to use the same style (bold warning and block quote) that the
  top of the man page uses.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-04-14 07:45:08 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
233b063b08 Move store docs to 'nix help-stores'
Why not 'nix help stores'? Well, 'nix help <arg>' already means 'show
help on the "arg" subcommand'.
2023-03-21 14:37:09 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
dfeb83cac1 output paths of store derivations are now addressed explicitly 2023-03-06 03:32:14 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
2af9fd20c6 clarify definition of "installable"
the term was hard to discover, as its definition and explanation were in
a very long document lacking an overview section.
search did not help because it occurs so often.

- clarify wording in the definition
- add an overview of installable types
- add "installable" to glossary
- link to definition from occurrences of the term
- be more precise about where store derivation outputs are processed
- installable Nix expressions must evaluate to a derivation

Co-authored-by: Adam Joseph <54836058+amjoseph-nixpkgs@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-03-05 01:46:17 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
1e87d5f1ea make descriptions of each installable type an own subsection
this is easier to edit, provides anchors for free, and renders correctly
on the terminal without additional effort.
2023-03-05 01:46:17 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
9cdf8ededb remove redundant re-definition of store derivations 2023-01-02 13:37:59 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
7797661a70 link "store derivation" to glossary definition 2022-12-21 11:42:50 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
3a66d82e1d update description of "store derivation" in installables section
a store derivation is not a store path itself, it has a store path.
2022-12-21 11:42:22 +01:00
John Ericson
32ae715db1
Fix typos in the docs
Thanks!

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-12 17:37:45 -05:00
John Ericson
d8c1c24c78 Adjust docs 2022-12-12 17:32:24 -05:00
John Ericson
dc075dcdd0
Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2022-12-12 16:26:10 -05:00
John Ericson
12461e246b Leverage existing docs for new store-path^outputs syntax 2022-07-15 14:04:22 +00:00
John Ericson
0e4ec98ae8
Fix typo in docs
Thanks!

Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2022-07-15 09:49:23 -04:00
John Ericson
279ecf7cde Remove computed-derivations experimental feature
We don't need it yet.
2022-07-15 13:42:17 +00:00
John Ericson
8735f55dec Fix bug, test more, document more 2022-07-14 20:23:43 -04:00
John Ericson
49ad315c03 Use ^ not ! in indexed store derivations installable syntax
Match the other syntax that was recently added
2022-05-12 20:10:02 +00:00
John Ericson
b18720ee17 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into indexed-store-path-outputs 2022-05-12 19:13:33 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
4a79cba511 Allow selecting derivation outputs using 'installable!outputs'
E.g. 'nixpkgs#glibc^dev,static' or 'nixpkgs#glibc^*'.
2022-05-03 13:43:52 +02:00
John Ericson
fda2224b59 Add release notes mark experimental 2022-04-07 19:45:38 +00:00
John Ericson
e5c42bba9b Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into indexed-store-path-outputs 2022-03-10 17:10:15 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
1a6548ca75 Update docs 2022-02-22 14:32:56 +01:00
Thomas Koch
85b1427662 fix spelling mistakes reported by Debian's lintian tool 2022-01-30 10:51:39 +02:00
regnat
5753f6efbb Fix the rendering of the example directory tree 2022-01-18 10:55:00 +01:00
Alexander Bantyev
34b66aab00
Update documentation for paths on command line
Co-authored-by: Théophane Hufschmitt <7226587+thufschmitt@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-01-17 20:00:04 +03:00
Alexander Bantyev
f055cc5a0b
Document searching upwards and fix documentation for installables 2022-01-14 17:58:03 +03:00
John Ericson
8499f32fb2 New "indexed" installable syntax: <drvPath>!<outputName>
Being conservative and only doing a single output name for now.
2021-04-06 10:25:09 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
5178211e96
Add 'nix' manpage 2020-12-23 18:33:42 +01:00