Merge pull request #3657 from obsidiansystems/sligthly-improve-store-path-documentation
Clarify the description of StorePath inputs
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@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ StorePathWithOutputs Store::followLinksToStorePathWithOutputs(std::string_view p
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/* Store paths have the following form:
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<store>/<h>-<name>
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<realized-path> = <store>/<h>-<name>
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where
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@ -85,11 +85,14 @@ StorePathWithOutputs Store::followLinksToStorePathWithOutputs(std::string_view p
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<type> = one of:
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"text:<r1>:<r2>:...<rN>"
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for plain text files written to the store using
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addTextToStore(); <r1> ... <rN> are the references of the
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path.
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"source"
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addTextToStore(); <r1> ... <rN> are the store paths referenced
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by this path, in the form described by <realized-path>
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"source:<r1>:<r2>:...:<rN>:self"
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for paths copied to the store using addToStore() when recursive
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= true and hashAlgo = "sha256"
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= true and hashAlgo = "sha256". Just like in the text case, we
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can have the store paths referenced by the path.
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Additionally, we can have an optional :self label to denote self
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reference.
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"output:<id>"
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for either the outputs created by derivations, OR paths copied
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to the store using addToStore() with recursive != true or
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@ -117,6 +120,12 @@ StorePathWithOutputs Store::followLinksToStorePathWithOutputs(std::string_view p
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the contents of the path (or expected contents of the
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path for fixed-output derivations)
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Note that since an output derivation has always type output, while
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something added by addToStore can have type output or source depending
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on the hash, this means that the same input can be hashed differently
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if added to the store via addToStore or via a derivation, in the sha256
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recursive case.
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It would have been nicer to handle fixed-output derivations under
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"source", e.g. have something like "source:<rec><algo>", but we're
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stuck with this for now...
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