From a04340f9a1ce3c107b21a11395b4a2348fd19571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Ericson Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:55:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update doc/manual/src/design/overview.md Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin --- doc/manual/src/design/overview.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md b/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md index 792cfefbf..7790e701e 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ At the top is the *command line interface*, i.e. the argument parsing of the var Below that is the Nix *expression language*, in which packages and configurations are written. These are the layers which users interact with most. -Below that is the *store layer*, Nix's machinery for presenting and files and fully elaborated build plans, and also executing those build plans. +Below that is the *store layer*, Nix' machinery to represent tracked files, dependencies, and fully elaborated build plans. +It is also used for executing those build plans. The store layer may not be as visible, but this is the heart of Nix. This chapter describes Nix starting with that bottom store layer, then working its way up until it reaches the more user-facing interfaces described in the rest of the manual."