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John Ericson 5b7e285727 Improve nix-collect-garbage docs
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-06-14 19:01:08 -04:00
John Ericson b55f26c65f Improve nix-env --delete-generations docs
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-06-14 19:01:08 -04:00
John Ericson 37bffbc28f
Merge pull request #8488 from Mic92/update-requirements
nix actually needs c++20 now
2023-06-14 20:37:52 +02:00
John Ericson ff905cb796
Merge pull request #4803 from ShamrockLee/nix-channel-list-generations
Add `nix-channel --list-generations`
2023-06-14 18:30:35 +02:00
Jörg Thalheim c51f3f1eb2 nix actually needs c++20 now 2023-06-10 13:56:05 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 527eb4a99a
Merge pull request #8317 from fricklerhandwerk/doc-identifier
document identifier syntax for attribute sets
2023-06-02 13:10:27 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 331f0967c4 Add a release note for nix-channel --list-generations 2023-06-02 10:14:53 +02:00
Shamrock Lee b292177eec Add nix-channel --list-generations
Add support to --list-generations
as another way to say
nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/channels --list-generations
the way we did for nix-channel --rollback [generation id]
2023-06-02 10:12:35 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 008f89fa50 Typo 2023-05-31 14:05:00 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra afc24e6a66 Release notes 2023-05-31 12:38:05 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 9a5b9c588f
Merge pull request #8421 from fricklerhandwerk/doc-replaceStrings
update documentation according to release notes
2023-05-31 12:10:32 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 738c0d5064
Merge pull request #8318 from fricklerhandwerk/doc-currentTime
document `builtins.currentTime`
2023-05-31 03:15:54 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 52004696c0
Merge pull request #8413 from doronbehar/doc/distributed-builds/clearer-warning
distributed-builds.md: Clarify warning ssh access requirements
2023-05-31 02:05:05 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e2f33e0df1 rewrap lines to use one line per sentence
this makes future reviews easier as it reduces diff noise
2023-05-31 01:32:03 +02:00
Doron Behar 76287a9207 distributed-builds.md: Clarify warning ssh access requirements 2023-05-31 01:28:15 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 7a5731aa07 link to mentioned builtin 2023-05-30 22:58:00 +02:00
polykernel a382919d7d
primops: lazy evaluation of replaceStrings replacements
The primop `builtins.replaceStrings` currently always strictly evaluates the
replacement strings, however time and space are wasted for their computation
if the corresponding pattern do not occur in the input string. This commit
makes the evaluation of the replacement strings lazy by deferring their
evaluation to when the corresponding pattern are matched and memoize the result
for efficient retrieval on subsequent matches.

The testcases for replaceStrings was updated to check for lazy evaluation
of the replacements. A note was also added in the release notes to
document the behavior change.
2023-05-25 18:35:23 -04:00
John Ericson 684e9be8b9
Merge pull request #8337 from fricklerhandwerk/channel-files
list files used by `nix-channel` on its own man page
2023-05-17 12:21:20 -04:00
John Ericson 16a60520f2
Merge pull request #8358 from fricklerhandwerk/output-addressed-references
fix wording on output-addressed store objects
2023-05-17 09:38:18 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin 76f40c02bf fix wording on output-addressed store objects
hashing is an implementation detail.
add references to the other terms.
2023-05-17 15:04:08 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 6a5a8f51bb add cross-references to pure evaluation mode
use consistent wording everywhere.
add some details on the configuration option documentation.
2023-05-17 15:01:54 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 549f8dc97b document builtins.currentTime 2023-05-17 13:49:35 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin d8bfeda164 document identifier syntax for attribute sets
it's more likely for readers to find it right there.

this also slightly rewords examples to make them stand out better.
in the long run there probably needs to be a dedicated section on formal syntax, and better highlighting of examples.
2023-05-17 13:41:34 +02:00
Alexander Schmolck 8d4b6766e2 Convert short nix options to long ones
e.g. nix-env -e subversion => nix-env --uninstall subversion

The aim is to make the documentation less cryptic for newcomers and the
long options are more self-documenting.

The change was made with the following script:

<https://github.com/aschmolck/convert-short-nix-opts-to-long-ones>

and sanity checked visually.
2023-05-17 08:10:30 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 8976769a1c
Reword info on XDG base dirs (#8338)
This gives some more context and should clarify why it works that way.
Also link it from the section on `NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`.

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2023-05-15 23:30:20 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin 275468a1f0 list files used by nix-channel 2023-05-15 15:26:14 +02:00
John Ericson 914672dc4f
Merge pull request #8141 from tweag/user-files-doc
Document user files of nix
2023-05-15 07:11:47 -04:00
Victor Engmark 6e1bfb93dc refactor: Join commands to remove files 2023-05-15 11:05:26 +12:00
Victor Engmark ed016a5bb0 docs: Mention more files referenced by the installer
`/etc/bash.bashrc` is backed up as `/etc/bash.bashrc.backup-before-nix`,
but since other changes might have been introduced in the meantime we can't
just tell the user to revert.
2023-05-15 11:03:27 +12:00
Victor Engmark e26aad22c6 docs: Remove references to non-existing files
At least on Ubuntu 22.04, these files are not created as part of a multi-
user installation.
2023-05-15 10:26:47 +12:00
Victor Engmark 17a1c1ee4e docs: Sort files by name 2023-05-15 10:16:12 +12:00
Victor Engmark 3cc9b8630b docs: Remove Nix profile content from correct directory
At least on Ubuntu 22.04, the Nix installer creates
`/etc/profile.d/nix.sh`, not `/etc/profile/nix.sh`.
2023-05-15 10:13:46 +12:00
Victor Engmark ccf512f4b8 docs: Remove redundant uninstall command
`sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service` removes these
files already.
2023-05-15 10:06:27 +12:00
Valentin Gagarin 454e273451
Merge pull request #8328 from urbas/max-substitution-jobs 2023-05-14 11:59:40 +02:00
Matej Urbas c66a7af0c6 max-substitution-jobs release note entry 2023-05-14 09:51:11 +01:00
Ana Hobden 17fb346ec6 Describe the or operation on attribute sets slightly more 2023-05-12 11:03:09 -07:00
Alexander Bantyev 992be330ab
Update doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-05-12 16:58:01 +04:00
Valentin Gagarin 70eb9c7ddb reword introduction to built-in functions
add anchor to `builtins.derivation` and list some built-in functions that are
exposed in the global scope.

I decided not to list everything, because we probably don't want to
encourage people using them that way.
2023-05-11 20:07:42 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 69a0e6f86c reword documentation on builtins
- add anchor to `builtins`
- add type information
- reword description of `builtins` to offer more information concisely
2023-05-11 17:46:37 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 2ef7f14e28 do not indent markdown list 2023-05-11 15:29:03 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin dc8191ae14 add redirect to track moved uninstall section 2023-05-03 11:39:29 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 5d78dc4176
doc rendering: add functions to scope explicitly (#7378)
* doc rendering: add functions to scope explicitly

this especially helps beginners with code readability, since the origin
of names is always immediately visible.
2023-05-03 07:16:29 +00:00
Valentin Gagarin f8620758aa display documentation on manifest files separately
it's probably better not to show the manifest file documentation in the
command-specific pages, because these are implementation details that are not really practically useful.

this means no additional hassle for building the manual, but clutters
the table of contents a bit.
2023-04-28 12:10:36 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 9b2a4a4729 move uninstall instructions to a separate page
placed in a subsection of the binary install, the instructions are hard
to find. putting them in a separate page that is shown in the table of
contents should make it easier for users to find what they need when
they need it.
2023-04-28 11:53:38 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin da0dbf36cb move manifest information to the bottom of the page 2023-04-26 15:39:35 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin be7c236565 move compatibility info to nix profile docs 2023-04-26 15:39:35 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 219aaf5a0b increase heading level
otherwise the headings won't match at the point where they are included.
this is a bit hacky and brittle, but works for now.
2023-04-26 15:39:35 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin bb8e3b5d86 update description on how profiles work
adapt to the example listing
2023-04-26 15:39:35 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 7770d82240 fix typos and wording 2023-04-26 15:39:24 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 9d386fe2ee add colons to connect listings with descriptions 2023-04-26 15:39:16 +02:00