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This does not add missing release notes, and it doesn't do anything
about the profiles feature we would really like to have so we can have
consistent credit.
Change-Id: I72a6f7acfcff85f380be17dac76501a6f4693776
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621 B
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17 lines
621 B
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synopsis: reintroduce shortened `-E` form for `--expr` to new CLI
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cls: 605
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credits: Lunaphied
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category: Improvements
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In the old CLI, it was possible to supply a shorter `-E` flag instead of fully
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specifying `--expr` every time you wished to provide an expression that would
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be evaluated to produce the given command's input. This was retained for the
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`--file` flag when the new CLI utilities were written with `-f`, but `-E` was
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dropped.
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We now restore the `-E` short form for better UX. This is most useful for
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`nix eval` but most any command that takes an Installable argument should benefit
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from it as well.
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