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Robert Hensing fefa3a49ce doc/manual: Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Robert Hensing fd2af69e60 doc/manual: Move the html files back where they were before
... before the link checking "output" was added, bumping the
html output into a subdirectory.
2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Robert Hensing d5c8289f1e doc/manual: Document hacking on the manual links 2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Robert Hensing e79f935718 doc/manual: Fix broken internal links
The targets I could find.
2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Robert Hensing 34a1e0d29b doc/manual: Introduce @docroot@ as a stable base for includable snippets
This way the links are clearly within the manual (ie not absolute paths),
while allowing snippets to reference the documentation root reliably,
regardless of at which base url they're included.
2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Robert Hensing be10c09d23 manual: Check links
mdbook-linkcheck is not consistent about its warning setting.
It disables some warnings, but not the warnings about lack of
fragment checking support; hence the extra filtering.
2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Jeremy Fleischman 89ef26664d
Add a pointer from "realising" to nix log. (#4876) 2023-01-09 09:49:46 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 3172c51baf
Merge pull request #7498 from fricklerhandwerk/path+string
refactor documentation of operators, document `+` for strings and paths
2023-01-06 13:46:31 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra d02c5a41da
Merge pull request #7500 from akhildevelops/patch-1
Updated docs to delete build users and group
2023-01-05 17:25:06 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin e57165b85a bring back table, extract annotations
this makes the table less unwieldy, and leaves enough space for
extensive explanations.
2023-01-05 15:16:16 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 7da59e94ae add links to documentation for data types 2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 7b2b9e3648 use more self-explanatory placeholder names 2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 969e5ad5bf add semantics of overloaded + operator 2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 63b640e0c2 reword descriptions of operators
add notes on semantics where appropriate
2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin e07448ba6b convert table to subsections
this form is much easier to maintain (also with minimal diffs), and
allows for more details on each operator.

this change a purely mechanical transformation, without changing any contents.
2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin caebe4112e reorder columns
this is for a simpler transformation into a series of subsections
2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Naïm Favier 3c968191f1
move unsafeDiscardReferences out of outputChecks
It's not a check.
2023-01-03 18:53:01 +01:00
Naïm Favier 15f7fa59be
unsafeDiscardReferences
Adds a new boolean structured attribute
`outputChecks.<output>.unsafeDiscardReferences` which disables scanning
an output for runtime references.

    __structuredAttrs = true;
    outputChecks.out.unsafeDiscardReferences = true;

This is useful when creating filesystem images containing their own embedded Nix
store: they are self-contained blobs of data with no runtime dependencies.

Setting this attribute requires the experimental feature
`discard-references` to be enabled.
2023-01-03 17:19:16 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 9cb1610257 define the terms "realise" and "valid" for store paths
add links to the glossary definition where the terms are used
2023-01-03 13:53:53 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 6b69652385 Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into coerce-string 2023-01-02 20:53:39 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 34a31b33f1
Merge pull request #7278 from fricklerhandwerk/antiquotation
antiquotation -> string interpolation
2023-01-02 15:03:45 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt a654ae8269
Merge pull request #7066 from fricklerhandwerk/architecture-overview
manual: architecture overview
2023-01-02 14:42:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin e0c4a95611 antiquotation -> string interpolation
as proposed by @mkaito[1] and @tazjin[2] and discussed with @edolstra
and Nix maintainers

[1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/267#issuecomment-1270076332
[2]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/267#issuecomment-1270201979

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2023-01-02 14:38:57 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 80a0f77e49
Merge pull request #7470 from obsidiansystems/simplify-tests-slightly
Make `./mk/run-test.sh` work by itself; add `mk/debug-test.sh`
2023-01-02 14:14:30 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt cfd6c7fc9b
Merge pull request #7485 from fricklerhandwerk/doc-store-derivation
define "store derivation"
2023-01-02 13:26:41 +01:00
John Ericson efbd1d15c6
Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-23 08:59:36 -08:00
Eelco Dolstra c164d304f3 nix develop: Set personality
This makes 'nix develop' set the Linux personality in the same way
that the actual build does, allowing a command like 'nix develop
nix#devShells.i686-linux.default' on x86_64-linux to work correctly.
2022-12-23 16:33:55 +01:00
Akhil a3a0e414c2
Deletes build users and group 2022-12-23 14:06:51 +05:30
Valentin Gagarin 7797661a70 link "store derivation" to glossary definition 2022-12-21 11:42:50 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 3a66d82e1d update description of "store derivation" in installables section
a store derivation is not a store path itself, it has a store path.
2022-12-21 11:42:22 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 62f4f883a7 define "store derivation" 2022-12-21 11:42:22 +01:00
John Ericson 0251d44cc2 Make ./mk/run-test.sh work by itself; add mk/debug-test.sh
First, logic is consolidated in the shell script instead of being spread
between them and makefiles. That makes understanding what is going on a
little easier.

This would not be super interesting by itself, but it gives us a way to
debug tests more easily. *That* in turn I hope is much more compelling.
See the updated manual for details.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-12-21 02:28:33 -05:00
Robert Hensing 1437582ccd
doc/book.toml: Improve config (#7300)
* doc/book.toml: Improve config

 - `title` value will be added to the HTML <title> - here</title>

 - `git-repository-url` adds a link to the GitHub repo in the top right corner

 - `edit-url-template` adds an edit link, inviting contributions

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-20 16:29:32 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 7e31a991db make relative links explicit 2022-12-20 14:28:43 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin c162c90b43 add more explanation to diagrams
this is to help reading the diagrams, otherwise arrows and labels were
reported as being ambiguous.
2022-12-20 09:59:59 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 9fa8b02c41
Merge pull request #7456 from ncfavier/fix-links
doc: fix links
2022-12-13 17:27:13 +01:00
Naïm Favier 129ece7ce9
doc: fix links 2022-12-13 15:49:40 +01:00
John Ericson 5273cf4c97 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into indexed-store-path-outputs 2022-12-12 17:40:49 -05:00
John Ericson dabb03b8d0 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into indexed-store-path-outputs 2022-12-12 17:36:02 -05:00
John Ericson c7cce3e4e1 Improve release notes 2022-12-12 16:29:49 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin 4ed8bb1cb1 suggestions from review 2022-12-12 14:29:24 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra fa409131cd Add links to the manual
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-12 14:05:54 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra fd0ed75118 Support flake references in the old CLI
Fixes #7026.
2022-12-12 14:05:52 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 7396844676
Merge pull request #7421 from edolstra/lazy-trees-trivial-changes
Trivial changes from the lazy-trees branch
2022-12-12 13:52:56 +01:00
John Ericson 1879c7c95e
Merge branch 'master' into indexed-store-path-outputs 2022-12-12 07:33:36 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra c66c904a05 Tweak NIX_PATH description 2022-12-12 12:54:15 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra add417ec14 Fix indentation 2022-12-12 12:46:54 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 037d5c4299
Manual improvements
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-12 12:43:44 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 830b3bddf9
Merge pull request #7324 from CircuitCoder/master
Update uninstall guide involving systemd
2022-12-09 13:57:26 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 1dd7779c7c
Merge pull request #7379 from fricklerhandwerk/refactor-generate-options
refactor rendering documentation of options
2022-12-08 06:39:13 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin ebeaf03558 do not render links in man pages
this is a follow-up on e7dcacb.

most links are relative and this should not be too much of a detriment.
2022-12-07 16:20:25 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin b8a1ff98c1 use HTML anchors for config parameters
this avoids incorrect rendering on the man pages, since `lowdown`
neither parses the anchor syntax nor HTML.

this should rather be fixed in lowdown, as adding more anchors
would otherwise produce ever more noise and error-prone repetition.
2022-12-07 16:18:50 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra b5b7902a08
Merge branch 'master' into remove-repeat 2022-12-07 16:04:47 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 703d863a48 Trivial changes from the lazy-trees branch 2022-12-07 14:06:34 +01:00
endgame c710aa1abd
Post build hook signing (#7408)
* docs: Use secret-key-files when demonstrating post-build-hooks

The docs used to recommend calling `nix store sign` in a post-build
hook, but on more recent versions of nix, this results in unsigned
store paths being copied into binary caches. See
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/6960 for details.

Instead, use the `secret-key-files` config option, which signs all
locally-built derivations with the private key.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-07 13:55:02 +01:00
Linus Heckemann 8e0946e8df Remove repeat and enforce-determinism options
These only functioned if a very narrow combination of conditions held:

- The result path does not yet exist (--check did not result in
  repeated builds), AND
- The result path is not available from any configured substituters, AND
- No remote builders that can build the path are available.

If any of these do not hold, a derivation would be built 0 or 1 times
regardless of the repeat option. Thus, remove it to avoid confusion.
2022-12-07 11:36:48 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 5b4b2eefa1 Release notes 2022-12-06 13:55:09 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 180538672a disallow selecting shell prompt in code samples
this is a quick half-fix for command line examples, as discussed
discussed in [1].

[1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7389

examples which look like this

    $ foo bar
    baz

are confusing for Unix shell beginners, because it's hard to discern
what is supposed to be entered into the actual command line when the
convention of prefixing `$` is not known, as barely any real-world shell
looks that way any more.

this change prevents selecting the prompt part with the mouse in the
HTML representation of the Nix manual.

it does not prevent selecting the output part of the shell example.
it also does not address that the copy button provided by mdBook takes
the entire sample, including the prompts, into the clipboard.
2022-12-05 11:01:46 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin ca42068bdc
Merge pull request #7251 from RelationalAI-oss/sp-docs-uninstall-prompt
docs: drop shell prompt character for consistency
2022-12-01 19:24:09 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin dfa27e6b2f refactor rendering documentation of options
this makes more obvious what the code produces, and the structure of the
output easier to change
2022-12-01 06:08:08 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 0ea62670ed move documentation on auto-allocate-uids to options docs
this is where it belongs and can be found together with the other
options.
2022-12-01 04:40:02 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 3f881e3378
add missing newline, for consistent formatting 2022-11-30 23:40:53 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 0596bdf3a9
Merge pull request #7342 from fricklerhandwerk/refactor-generate-builtins
refactor rendering documentation of builtins
2022-11-29 15:55:43 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 7dd3e1fec4 Add example 2022-11-28 22:04:51 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 67bcb99700 Add a setting for enabling cgroups 2022-11-28 21:54:02 +01:00
Liu Xiaoyi c4ce89f772
Clarify uninstallation steps on Linux
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-11-26 22:01:51 +08:00
John Ericson 26534f141c
Merge branch 'master' into indexed-store-path-outputs 2022-11-25 08:14:32 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin d6318e1638 refactor rendering documentation of builtins
as in [1], make the document structure visible, like in a template

[1]: 4655563470
2022-11-24 14:15:43 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 2aa3f2e810 Include UID in hex 2022-11-23 17:07:59 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 989fc8a8b9 Add release notes 2022-11-23 15:24:50 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin 52f0c80917 fix error in language overview
it is not possible to antiquote numbers.
2022-11-22 10:36:21 +01:00
Liu Xiaoyi 4d55acf515
Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Sandro <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
2022-11-21 13:46:22 +08:00
Liu Xiaoyi cc620d961f Updated uninstall guide involving systemd
Co-authored-by: sequencer <liu@jiuyang.me>
2022-11-20 20:04:29 +08:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 6bf8736517 Add release-notes for the context-restriction in readFile 2022-11-14 15:03:53 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 302ddee749
Merge pull request #7279 from fricklerhandwerk/uninstall
add removing users to uninstall instructions
2022-11-11 14:39:07 +01:00
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
Sagar Patel c068cce107
docs: drop shell prompt character for consistency
In addition to consistency, the fancy "Copy to clipboard" button on the
website will copy the prompt character. Retaining the prompt character
would mean having to edit each command after pasting in the terminal.
2022-11-01 00:09:00 -04:00
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
Guillaume Maudoux 2a7348f986 Fixup merge typo 2022-10-22 23:38:50 +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
Guillaume Maudoux 3f9f6ae127 Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into coerce-string 2022-10-16 20:39:19 +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
Apply suggestions from code review
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