From 3655875483306fa893ec2b01295151819a00ccaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Bosch <maximilian@mbosch.me>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:35:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc/manual: update hacking docs (#4078)

* By default, build artifacts should be installed into `outputs/` rather
  than `inst/`[1].
* Add instructions on how to run unit-tests.

[1] 733d2e9402807e54d503c3113e854bfddb3d44e0
---
 doc/manual/src/hacking.md | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/manual/src/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/hacking.md
index 5bd884ce8..2a1e55e5b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/hacking.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/hacking.md
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ To build Nix itself in this shell:
 
 ```console
 [nix-shell]$ ./bootstrap.sh
-[nix-shell]$ ./configure $configureFlags --prefix=$(pwd)/inst
+[nix-shell]$ ./configure $configureFlags --prefix=$(pwd)/outputs/out
 [nix-shell]$ make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
 ```
 
-To install it in `$(pwd)/inst` and test it:
+To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
 
 ```console
 [nix-shell]$ make install
-[nix-shell]$ make installcheck
-[nix-shell]$ ./inst/bin/nix --version
-nix (Nix) 2.4
+[nix-shell]$ make installcheck -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
+[nix-shell]$ ./outputs/out/bin/nix --version
+nix (Nix) 3.0
 ```
 
 To run a functional test:
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ To run a functional test:
 make tests/test-name-should-auto-complete.sh.test
 ```
 
+To run the unit-tests for C++ code:
+
+```
+make check
+```
+
 If you have a flakes-enabled Nix you can replace:
 
 ```console