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Valentin Gagarin 2af036e5a3
remove stray comma 2022-11-11 14:01:13 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt f225f43076
Merge pull request #7006 from fricklerhandwerk/redirects
manual: generalize anchor redirects
2022-11-09 11:23:26 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 9d20a056c8 remove external link
the language has its own overview page where its properties are
described in sufficient detail.
2022-11-09 01:36:17 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 3d716df7ce make diagrams compatible with svgbob
this will at some point enable rendering them nicely for the web
2022-11-09 01:29:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 98447c1a7f clarify subject of sentence
Co-authored-by: Bryan Honof <bryan.honof@tweag.io>
2022-11-09 01:29:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin b5728ace5d add articles 2022-11-09 01:29:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin be8744f937 manual: architecture overview
these changes were not merged properly and had to be reverted.

see merge commit d8e54d19f7 for full
history leading up to here.
2022-11-09 01:29:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin d8781c4fc5 add removing users to uninstall instructions 2022-11-09 01:11:47 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin ffca3e34cb
Merge pull request #6906 from fricklerhandwerk/language-overview
add syntax overview from NixOS manual
2022-11-09 00:52:53 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin daedaa197d fix typos in comments 2022-11-09 00:49:34 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin f7ab93b068 manual: build action -> build task
after discussing this with multiple people, I'm convinced that "build
task" is more precise: a derivation is not an action, but inert until it
is built. also it's easier to pronounce.

proposal: use "build task" for the generic concept "description of how
to derive new files from the contents of existing files". then it will
be easier to distinguish what we mean by "derivation" (a specific data
structure and Nix language value type) and "store derivation" (a
serialisation of a derivation into a file in the Nix store).
2022-11-06 13:28:18 +01:00
John Ericson 13f2a6f38d
Merge branch 'master' into indexed-store-path-outputs 2022-10-28 23:22:18 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 74cc24f4cf
Merge pull request #7191 from jherland/antiquoted-paths
Explain how Nix handles antiquotation of paths
2022-10-26 12:42:59 +02:00
Patrick Jackson b44df13701 manual: update options generation code to use default values 2022-10-20 12:05:04 -07:00
Johan Herland 1ec8810687 Explain how Nix handles antiquotation of paths
Specifically, explain why Nix does not _re_evaluate paths during a
`nix repl` session. This is a thing that bit me while playing around
with paths and antiquotation in `nix repl` while reading the Nix
language tutorial at https://nix.dev/tutorials/nix-language.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-10-19 11:50:58 +02:00
Ana Hobden 069409d167 Print common flags in --help 2022-10-07 09:07:22 -07:00
Valentin Gagarin ac0fb38e8a
Merge pull request #6652 from abathur/doc_install_tests 2022-10-05 17:45:42 +02:00
Travis A. Everett e1418430ac
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-10-05 09:52:53 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin 927234cfb2
Merge pull request #6870 from amjoseph-nixpkgs/pr/doc/explain-local-remote-binary-substituter 2022-10-05 09:01:42 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 3ae9467d57
Merge pull request #6969 from fricklerhandwerk/refactor-generate-manpage
refactor rendering command documentation to markdown
2022-10-03 15:50:17 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin d8bef7358f bring back lost newline 2022-09-30 01:43:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 70eea97742 use more self-explanatory names 2022-09-30 01:43:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 61188cb820 move final template to the top
this allows readers to enter the code starting with what is visible from
the outside, instead of working themselves up from purely technical details.
2022-09-30 01:43:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 0e0f1832de remove superfluous let-in pair 2022-09-30 01:43:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin a85df04fcb refactor showOptions
it was quite a pain to manipulate strings just with `builtins`
2022-09-30 01:43:53 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 4655563470 refactor rendering command documentation to markdown
idea:
- make document structure visible, like in a template
- order functions by descending abstraction
- avoid nested let bindings
2022-09-30 01:42:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 6b56bb4a79 use indented strings where appropriate 2022-09-30 01:42:46 +02:00
Solene Rapenne 847cd49909 nix-copy-closure: improve wording 2022-09-28 01:05:46 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 6a64820cb4
Merge pull request #7082 from rapenne-s/ccache
add ccacheStdenv
2022-09-24 12:45:27 +02:00
Solène Rapenne e04b38f789 add ccacheStdenv
when using ccache, rebuild time has been measured
89% faster while not slowing the speed of cold builds
2022-09-23 11:21:19 +02:00
Travis A. Everett 84bdb0e3ad address review feedback
Mainly:
- Try to triangulate between narrative that framed this as
  a new/easy process and the need for a reference that will
  not quickly grow stale.
- Fix a ~continuity issue where the text was talking about
  "your Cachix cache" before saying that you'd need to make
  a Cachix cache to enable the installer tests.
- Adopt suggestion on titling, and nest subtitles in the
  installer test section.
2022-09-18 13:02:42 -05:00
Travis A. Everett 4bd52bf6c4
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-09-17 13:20:11 -05:00
Adam Joseph ad5b09423a release-notes/rl-next.md: note new argument to fetchurl.nix 2022-09-16 01:59:24 -07:00
Valentin Gagarin dc8c0b173c
Update doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md 2022-09-16 09:36:55 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 1ae974120a
Update doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md 2022-09-16 09:36:37 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 0a4bd9fe88
Update doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md 2022-09-16 09:36:30 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 47fa1087c8
Update doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md 2022-09-16 09:36:20 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 1d295e5fe7
Merge pull request #6934 from fricklerhandwerk/revert-architecture
Revert #6420 "Document what Nix *is*" so we can start over with smaller change sets
2022-09-09 13:31:05 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 8dd5ba2f47 more precise variable types 2022-09-09 09:54:24 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 548c904d40 optimize performance
remove loops and function calls, modify arrays in place

this makes the whole thing harder to read, and probably only
marginally faster.
2022-09-08 11:58:43 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 59be1e500a generalize anchor redirects
renaming section headers and changing manually set `id`s will break URLs
in the wild.

this change allows keeping track of all changes to ensure backwards
compatibility.
2022-09-06 00:49:16 +02:00
Adam Joseph e90f2fcfc7 glossary: add entry for chroot store (used 11 times in nix) 2022-09-01 18:28:05 -07:00
Adam Joseph e6f5352e71 #binary-cache -> #gloss-binary-cache 2022-09-01 18:27:00 -07:00
Adam Joseph 59dc8346ca move substituter signature-checking conditions to configuration file documentation 2022-09-01 17:51:56 -07:00
Adam Joseph f6c750e8b2 glossary: remove extraneous comma 2022-09-01 17:48:34 -07:00
Adam Joseph 887e922be2 glossary: outputHash, not __outputHash 2022-09-01 17:47:13 -07:00
Adam Joseph d5e064d816 glossary: fix broken link 2022-09-01 17:46:31 -07:00
Adam Joseph 57f12df5e4 input-addressed store object: include FODOs 2022-09-01 15:09:10 -07:00
Adam Joseph 8139bbe2ba implement https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/6870#pullrequestreview-1093700220 2022-09-01 15:01:07 -07:00
Adam Joseph def4fb9a0f __outputHash: add link 2022-09-01 14:47:33 -07:00
Adam Joseph 1b2b8c39fd fix link to language/advanced-attributes.md#adv-attr-contentAddressed 2022-09-01 14:47:17 -07:00
Adam Joseph 0a98d564b3 glossary: resolve FIXME in #gloss-fixed-output-derivation 2022-09-01 14:41:27 -07:00
Adam Joseph 1f56b5d772 doc/manual: un-inline definitions from substitute 2022-09-01 14:13:21 -07:00
Adam Joseph 41153f30bd glossary: substituter: merge output-addressed cases 2022-09-01 14:13:21 -07:00
Adam Joseph 9cb8412143
Update doc/manual/src/glossary.md
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2022-09-01 20:41:04 +00:00
Adam Joseph 2812682ebe
Update doc/manual/src/glossary.md
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2022-09-01 20:40:39 +00:00
Adam Joseph 520587b9a0 glossary: local store: clarify 2022-09-01 13:39:48 -07:00
Valentin Gagarin f35b3aa47b do not use unwarranted pkgs in example 2022-08-31 09:16:37 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 1f2b12b30e
Merge pull request #6968 from fricklerhandwerk/man-no-weblinks
do not render relative links in help pages
2022-08-29 08:46:35 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e7dcacbd7c do not render relative links in help pages
this simplifies the setup a lot, and avoids weird looking `./file.md`
links showing up.

it also does not show regular URLs any more. currently the command
reference only has few of them, and not showing them in the offline
documentation is hopefully not a big deal.

instead of building more special-case solutions, clumsily preprocessing
the input, or issuing verbal rules on dealing with URLs, should better
be solved sustainably by not rendering relative links in `lowdown`:

https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown/issues/105
2022-08-26 17:10:41 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra b0488a29dc Branch 2.11 release notes 2022-08-24 22:44:58 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 04e74f7c8b
Merge pull request #6612 from NixOS/parallel-nix-copy
Make nix copy parallel again
2022-08-24 15:31:42 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 4c96761c2b Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into parallel-nix-copy 2022-08-22 15:29:10 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin d8e54d19f7 Revert "Merge pull request #6420 from nix-community/doc-what-is-nix"
This reverts commit 81e101345f, reversing
changes made to 7d1280bbaf.
2022-08-22 12:52:15 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 703b335c1d reword description of language properties
the list style is supposed to give more structure.
each property is explained as concisely as possible while trying not to
sound too fancy.
2022-08-15 11:34:39 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 71e9c28694 reword introduction to overview 2022-08-15 11:15:03 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin bc315326fa fix whitespace to please markdown
keep some indentation to ease source readability
2022-08-15 11:13:05 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 6ba8d6dc82 add more examples on string interpolation 2022-08-15 11:06:40 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin c209e6e108 add more list examples 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 0378531bf2 add curried function 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 2e4704ca93 add second @ pattern example 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 5c25bdee50 add null 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 391fd10b12 add home path 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 587ae9ada5 add search path 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 21438acc70 add absolute path 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin e6f7c180de add floating point number 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 292cab039d add multi-line string 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin f165a8ae08 flarify relative path semantics 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 43188d3d18 make hash and version distinguishable as placeholder 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 90836397d3 remove stale section link 2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 3378a3bce8 add syntax overview from NixOS manual
taken verbatim to keep track of required corrections.

made it an HTML table to more easily change structure and keep diffs
minimal.
2022-08-15 10:18:56 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra af4e8b00fb
Merge pull request #6882 from DeterminateSystems/allow-multi-user-as-root
Allow installing multi-user as root on macOS and Linux
2022-08-12 10:19:03 +02:00
Graham Christensen 7bb1e913b3 Don't prompt about using sudo if we're already root 2022-08-10 09:37:08 -04:00
Graham Christensen 88a0f3b6ba Strip whitespace in installing-binary.md 2022-08-10 09:37:08 -04:00
Adam Joseph bac1e1bf8c
Update doc/manual/src/glossary.md
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-08 17:52:31 +00:00
Travis A. Everett 9b7bd2dd1f
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-08 10:04:27 -05:00
Travis A. Everett b5d85f0922
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-05 13:49:18 -05:00
Adam Joseph 1d3b92e80c move package-management/terminology into glossary.md 2022-08-05 10:39:43 -07:00
Adam Joseph 4de95f7f56 gesture at explanation of why binary caches exist 2022-08-05 10:33:48 -07:00
Adam Joseph d5506aa712
Update doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md
Co-authored-by: Attila Gulyas <toraritte@gmail.com>
2022-08-05 17:19:52 +00:00
Adam Joseph 66a93a76b9
Update doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md
Co-authored-by: Attila Gulyas <toraritte@gmail.com>
2022-08-05 17:15:37 +00:00
Adam Joseph 2eb74c918d derivations do not need to be signed 2022-08-05 10:13:41 -07:00
Adam Joseph aae771cad2 !implement https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/6870#discussion_r938912244 2022-08-05 10:12:46 -07:00
Eelco Dolstra 4eb566603a
Comment out the architecture section
This needs more review and probably should be a separate book.
2022-08-05 11:01:40 +02:00
Adam Joseph 1b97f3872e !fixup: transposed characters 2022-08-04 14:22:14 -07:00
Adam Joseph 62674659ed !fixup capitalize Nix 2022-08-04 14:21:17 -07:00
Adam Joseph 8f44d24c52 !fixup whitespace 2022-08-04 14:19:25 -07:00
Adam Joseph 56d4fc194b fourth trust condition: FODs 2022-08-04 14:14:24 -07:00
Adam Joseph a5be5e0120 doc/manual: define {local,remote} store, binary cache, substituter
Nix veterans intuitively know what the following terms mean.  They are
used in several places in the nix documentation, but never defined:

- local store
- remote store
- binary cache
- substituter

In particular, I found the last two terms to be confusingly similar.
Let's give definitions for them.
2022-08-04 14:07:06 -07:00
John Ericson 39d32ac4c6 Add disclaimer that arch section is WIP and links may rot
So we can iterate without worrying so much.
2022-08-04 14:02:58 -04:00