lix/doc/manual/rl-next/empty-search-regex.md

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synopsis: Disallow empty search regex in `nix search`
prs: 9481
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[`nix search`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-search.md) now requires a search regex to be passed. To show all packages, use `^`.
manual: fix release notes fix key spelling errors, type errors, things-should-not-be-comments errors Change-Id: I3ce12873aa78002bca686bd88404771895b05d30 2024-03-26 16:24:58 +00:00			`---`
Merge pull request #9481 from iFreilicht/disallow-nix-search-without-search-terms nix search: Disallow empty regex (cherry picked from commit 1c260fa6d1f47d83954792771d0614db163cc3bc) Change-Id: Iaaf3605c24a342fcb05d0b534a9f305533d3b5fa 2024-03-04 07:40:12 +00:00			synopsis: Disallow empty search regex in `nix search`
manual: fix release notes fix key spelling errors, type errors, things-should-not-be-comments errors Change-Id: I3ce12873aa78002bca686bd88404771895b05d30 2024-03-26 16:24:58 +00:00			`prs: 9481`
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Merge pull request #9481 from iFreilicht/disallow-nix-search-without-search-terms nix search: Disallow empty regex (cherry picked from commit 1c260fa6d1f47d83954792771d0614db163cc3bc) Change-Id: Iaaf3605c24a342fcb05d0b534a9f305533d3b5fa 2024-03-04 07:40:12 +00:00
			[`nix search`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-search.md) now requires a search regex to be passed. To show all packages, use `^`.