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* Document the --include-outputs option.

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doc/manual/nix-copy-closure.xml
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@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
<arg><option>--gzip</option></arg>
<arg><option>--bzip2</option></arg>
<arg><option>--xz</option></arg>
<arg><option>--include-outputs</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
<arg><replaceable>user@</replaceable></arg><replaceable>machine</replaceable>
</arg>
@ -86,15 +87,16 @@ those paths. If this bothers you, use
<listitem><para>Let the sending machine cryptographically sign the
dump of each path with the key in
<filename>/nix/etc/nix/signing-key.sec</filename>. If the user on
the target machine does not have direct access to the Nix store
(i.e., if the target machine has a multi-user Nix installation),
then the target machine will check the dump against
<filename>/nix/etc/nix/signing-key.pub</filename> before unpacking
it in its Nix store. This allows secure sharing of store paths
between untrusted users on two machines, provided that there is a
trust relation between the Nix installations on both machines
(namely, they have matching public/secret keys).</para></listitem>
<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/signing-key.sec</filename>.
If the user on the target machine does not have direct access to
the Nix store (i.e., if the target machine has a multi-user Nix
installation), then the target machine will check the dump against
<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/signing-key.pub</filename>
before unpacking it in its Nix store. This allows secure sharing
of store paths between untrusted users on two machines, provided
that there is a trust relation between the Nix installations on
both machines (namely, they have matching public/secret
keys).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -108,6 +110,13 @@ those paths. If this bothers you, use
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--include-outputs</option></term>
<listitem><para>Also copy the outputs of store derivations included
in the closure.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsection>