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operations diagram: store' to the right

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this also looks more diverse, hopefully easier to distinguish

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
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Valentin Gagarin 2022-06-02 23:20:11 +02:00
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doc/manual/src/architecture/store/store.md
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@ -26,14 +26,20 @@ A Nix store can *add*, *retrieve*, and *delete* store objects.
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[ store ] ---> add ----> [ store' ], [ reference ]
[ store ] ---> add ----> [ store' ]
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[ reference ]
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[ reference ]
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[ store ] ---> get ----> [ store object ]
[ store ] ---> get
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[ store object ]
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@ -49,7 +55,12 @@ It can *perform builds*, that is, create new store objects by transforming build
[ reference ]
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[ store ] --> build --(maybe)--> [ store' ], [ reference' ]
[ store ] --> build
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(maybe) --> [ store' ]
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[ reference ]
As it keeps track of references, it can [garbage-collect][garbage-collection] unused store objects.