diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 478b67ce8..877fd3a1b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -434,88 +434,93 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
-
- Fetching a private repository over SSH
- builtins.fetchGit {
+ Here are some examples of how to use
+ fetchGit.
+
+
+
+
+ To fetch a private repository over SSH:
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
url = "git@github.com:my-secret/repository.git";
ref = "master";
rev = "adab8b916a45068c044658c4158d81878f9ed1c3";
}
-
-
- Fetching an arbitrary ref
- builtins.fetchGit {
+
+
+
+ To fetch an arbitrary reference:
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git";
ref = "refs/heads/0.5-release";
}
-
+
-
- Fetching a repository's specific commit on an arbitrary branch
-
- If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch
- of the git repository you don't strictly need to specify
- the branch name in the ref attribute.
-
-
- However, if the revision you're looking for is in a future
- branch for the non-default branch you will need to specify
- the the ref attribute as well.
-
- builtins.fetchGit {
+
+
+ If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch
+ of the git repository you don't strictly need to specify
+ the branch name in the ref attribute.
+
+
+ However, if the revision you're looking for is in a future
+ branch for the non-default branch you will need to specify
+ the the ref attribute as well.
+
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
rev = "841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452";
ref = "1.11-maintenance";
}
-
-
- It is nice to always specify the branch which a revision
- belongs to. Without the branch being specified, the
- fetcher might fail if the default branch changes.
- Additionally, it can be confusing to try a commit from a
- non-default branch and see the fetch fail. If the branch
- is specified the fault is much more obvious.
-
-
-
-
- Fetching a repository's specific commit on the default branch
-
- If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch
- of the git repository you may omit the
- ref attribute.
-
- builtins.fetchGit {
+
+
+ It is nice to always specify the branch which a revision
+ belongs to. Without the branch being specified, the
+ fetcher might fail if the default branch changes.
+ Additionally, it can be confusing to try a commit from a
+ non-default branch and see the fetch fail. If the branch
+ is specified the fault is much more obvious.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch
+ of the git repository you may omit the
+ ref attribute.
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
rev = "841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452";
}
-
+
-
- Fetching a tag
- builtins.fetchGit {
+
+ To fetch a specific tag:
+ builtins.fetchGit {
url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
ref = "refs/tags/1.9";
}
-
+
-
- Fetching the latest version of a remote branch
-
- builtins.fetchGit can behave impurely
- fetch the latest version of a remote branch.
-
- Nix will refetch the branch in accordance to
- .
- This behavior is disabled in
- Pure evaluation mode.
+
+ To fetch the latest version of a remote branch:
builtins.fetchGit {
url = "ssh://git@github.com/nixos/nix.git";
ref = "master";
}
-
+ Nix will refetch the branch in accordance to
+ .
+ This behavior is disabled in Pure
+ evaluation mode.
+
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/packages/copy-closure.xml b/doc/manual/packages/copy-closure.xml
index 012030e3e..a336fb293 100644
--- a/doc/manual/packages/copy-closure.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/packages/copy-closure.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
version="5.0"
xml:id="ssec-copy-closure">
-
Copying Closures Via SSH
+Copying Closures via SSH
The command nix-copy-closure copies a Nix
diff --git a/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml b/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml
index 868b5a66d..aa5df2026 100644
--- a/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/packages/s3-substituter.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
version="5.0"
xml:id="ssec-s3-substituter">
-Serving a Nix store via AWS S3 or S3-compatible Service
+Serving a Nix store via S3
Nix has built-in support for storing and fetching store paths
-from Amazon S3 and S3 compatible services. This uses the same
+from Amazon S3 and S3-compatible services. This uses the same
binary cache mechanism that Nix usually uses to
fetch prebuilt binaries from cache.nixos.org.
@@ -170,13 +170,22 @@ the S3 URL:
}
]]>
-
- Uploading with a specific credential profile for Amazon S3
- nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload®ion=eu-west-2' nixpkgs.hello
-
-
- Uploading to an S3-Compatible Binary Cache
- nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload&scheme=https&endpoint=minio.example.com' nixpkgs.hello
-
+
+Examples
+
+To upload with a specific credential profile for Amazon S3:
+
+
+nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload®ion=eu-west-2' nixpkgs.hello
+
+
+To upload to an S3-compatible binary cache:
+
+
+nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload&scheme=https&endpoint=minio.example.com' nixpkgs.hello
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins.md b/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins.md
index f60af9d24..8faf4b939 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins.md
@@ -169,70 +169,76 @@ For instance, `derivation` is also available as `builtins.derivation`.
A Boolean parameter that specifies whether submodules should be
checked out. Defaults to `false`.
-
+ Here are some examples of how to use `fetchGit`.
- builtins.fetchGit {
- url = "git@github.com:my-secret/repository.git";
- ref = "master";
- rev = "adab8b916a45068c044658c4158d81878f9ed1c3";
- }
+ - To fetch a private repository over SSH:
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
+ url = "git@github.com:my-secret/repository.git";
+ ref = "master";
+ rev = "adab8b916a45068c044658c4158d81878f9ed1c3";
+ }
- builtins.fetchGit {
- url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git";
- ref = "refs/heads/0.5-release";
- }
+ - To fetch an arbitrary reference:
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
+ url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git";
+ ref = "refs/heads/0.5-release";
+ }
- If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch of the
- git repository you don't strictly need to specify the branch name in
- the `ref` attribute.
+ - If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch of
+ the git repository you don't strictly need to specify the branch
+ name in the `ref` attribute.
+
+ However, if the revision you're looking for is in a future
+ branch for the non-default branch you will need to specify the
+ the `ref` attribute as well.
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
+ url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
+ rev = "841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452";
+ ref = "1.11-maintenance";
+ }
+
+ > **Note**
+ >
+ > It is nice to always specify the branch which a revision
+ > belongs to. Without the branch being specified, the fetcher
+ > might fail if the default branch changes. Additionally, it can
+ > be confusing to try a commit from a non-default branch and see
+ > the fetch fail. If the branch is specified the fault is much
+ > more obvious.
- However, if the revision you're looking for is in a future branch
- for the non-default branch you will need to specify the the `ref`
- attribute as well.
+ - If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch of
+ the git repository you may omit the `ref` attribute.
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
+ url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
+ rev = "841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452";
+ }
- builtins.fetchGit {
- url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
- rev = "841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452";
- ref = "1.11-maintenance";
- }
+ - To fetch a specific tag:
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
+ url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
+ ref = "refs/tags/1.9";
+ }
- > **Note**
- >
- > It is nice to always specify the branch which a revision belongs
- > to. Without the branch being specified, the fetcher might fail if
- > the default branch changes. Additionally, it can be confusing to
- > try a commit from a non-default branch and see the fetch fail. If
- > the branch is specified the fault is much more obvious.
-
- If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch of the
- git repository you may omit the `ref` attribute.
-
- builtins.fetchGit {
- url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
- rev = "841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452";
- }
-
- builtins.fetchGit {
- url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
- ref = "refs/tags/1.9";
- }
-
- `builtins.fetchGit` can behave impurely fetch the latest version of
- a remote branch.
-
- > **Note**
- >
- > Nix will refetch the branch in accordance to
- > [???](#conf-tarball-ttl).
-
- > **Note**
- >
- > This behavior is disabled in *Pure evaluation mode*.
-
- builtins.fetchGit {
- url = "ssh://git@github.com/nixos/nix.git";
- ref = "master";
- }
+ - To fetch the latest version of a remote branch:
+
+ builtins.fetchGit {
+ url = "ssh://git@github.com/nixos/nix.git";
+ ref = "master";
+ }
+
+ > **Note**
+ >
+ > Nix will refetch the branch in accordance to
+ > [???](#conf-tarball-ttl).
+
+ > **Note**
+ >
+ > This behavior is disabled in *Pure evaluation mode*.
- `builtins.filter` f xs
Return a list consisting of the elements of xs for which the
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md
index 6573862c0..d78b77e36 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/copy-closure.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copying Closures Via SSH
+# Copying Closures via SSH
The command `nix-copy-closure` copies a Nix store path along with all
its dependencies to or from another machine via the SSH protocol. It
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/s3-substituter.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/s3-substituter.md
index 4740b8b1c..d96114e3c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/s3-substituter.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/s3-substituter.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Serving a Nix store via AWS S3 or S3-compatible Service
+# Serving a Nix store via S3
Nix has built-in support for storing and fetching store paths from
-Amazon S3 and S3 compatible services. This uses the same *binary* cache
+Amazon S3 and S3-compatible services. This uses the same *binary* cache
mechanism that Nix usually uses to fetch prebuilt binaries from
[cache.nixos.org](cache.nixos.org).
@@ -124,10 +124,12 @@ Your account will need the following IAM policy to upload to the cache:
]
}
-`nix copy --to
-'s3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload®ion=eu-west-2'
-nixpkgs.hello`
+## Examples
-`nix copy --to
-'s3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload&scheme=https&endpoint=minio.example.com'
-nixpkgs.hello`
+To upload with a specific credential profile for Amazon S3:
+
+ nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload®ion=eu-west-2' nixpkgs.hello
+
+To upload to an S3-compatible binary cache:
+
+ nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache?profile=cache-upload&scheme=https&endpoint=minio.example.com' nixpkgs.hello