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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
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
Apply suggestions from code review 
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
Guillaume Maudoux
eb460a9529 WIP: broken merge but need a git checkpoint 2022-09-07 00:34:03 +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
Apply suggestions from code review 
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
 2022-08-08 10:04:27 -05:00
Travis A. Everett
b5d85f0922
Apply suggestions from code review 
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
John Ericson
6f6498f59c Remove header fragments which is not needd 2022-08-04 14:02:38 -04:00
John Ericson
016d7a8f78 Fix rosetta stone file name 2022-08-04 14:02:19 -04:00
John Ericson
b430a6743c Remove sections within from SUMMARY 2022-08-04 14:01:55 -04:00
John Ericson
bc118854d0 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into doc-what-is-nix 2022-08-04 09:11:42 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin
b631742277 fix page rendering 
apparently it is not possible to link to page anchors with `mdBook`[1]

[1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/167
 2022-08-04 14:31:33 +02:00
Domen Kožar
7d1280bbaf
Merge pull request #6678 from abathur/update_darwin_uninstall 
doc: update darwin uninstall instructions
 2022-08-04 14:09:09 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
cc3a5f4ba2 use correct mdBook syntax for callouts 2022-08-04 14:04:14 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
8cec32e7f5 fix directory tree renderings 2022-08-04 13:51:35 +02:00
Domen Kožar
84a26882f8
Update doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md 
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
 2022-08-04 06:23:45 -05:00
Domen Kožar
3c2de2da01
Update doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md 
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
 2022-08-04 06:23:36 -05:00
Valentin Gagarin
3df1ee2ba5 clarify what explicitly declaring certain dependencies means 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b7309ce624 move architecture to the end 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
00a7eaed67 add file system object to table of contents 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
db6faf44a9 clarify what store objects can be 
the store of course makes a distinction, but that is not relevant here
 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
0228eb8ae7 add Java example on manual dependency declaration 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
29c062537d hashes: truncate -> reduce, mention SHA-256 
the longer SHA-256 hashes are not truncated, but in fact processed.

Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
9cabba1fc3 mention hard links 
Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
bac86231ad use "build plan" consistently 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
5a5a95696f note customized base32 
Nix omits E O U T characters for some reason.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
de5dea45f7 use correct Nix entity 
Nix itself does care a lot about what type of store object you have.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
fe4c0b8d75 fix typo 
Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
def80d5777 add subsections to table of contents 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
c345345dee concept map: align hights 
this has the weird but nice emergent property that terms at the same
height are roughly at the same level of abstraction.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
a28d6878b2 concept map: put closure as it is in the chapter 
this is not as compact any more, but it more closely resembles the
chapter structure, and clearly shows that the closure property is the
key idea on which most of Nix operates.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
475a332025 make concept map even more compact 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d8b2f9f772 make concept map more compact 
invert arrows to/from derivation:
- we need closures to form derivations
- we need derivations to perform builds
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
348432f48f store: add concept map 
this should help nativate the chapter by indicating which terms should
be known to understand a given concept.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ec43977553 store: match chapter introduction to outline 
the various levels of detail should describe the same things.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7c656d90ca simplify description of diagram 
try not to be too fancy, it's just for reading the diagram out loud.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
631ca18ee6 reword notes on copying 
clarify that we are copying between different stores. we have not
introduced that notion or why it would be interesting, but for now it
should be fine to keep it in context of the store directory.

we could move that later to a more detailed explanation of different
store types.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
c10dcccccd make example a simple list 
using JSON notation is unwarranted and not explained.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
9c544813d7 paths -> path 
use singular for terminology uniformly
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
1681f4e9f3 better explain reference scanning 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
fa7ad4593d explain store directory 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
f632816cba add explanation and examples of file system objects 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
84ddfbf8fd remove diagonal from operations diagram 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
93f721b0d2 remove draft on derivations 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
19d8a5d839 move first mention of file system object before diagram 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
a90fc62b61 make clear that file system is for processes 
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7993ba1f38 constrain garbage collection scope 
garbage collection is now incremental, and may (in theory) never delete all unreferenced objects if it is slow enough.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
195aa28ff7 references are added according to build task 
at this level of abstraction we do not really care about build instructions or what they are, and also build instructions including their arguments really amount to the build task.
 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
80de4a4804 operations diagram: store' to the right 
this also looks more diverse, hopefully easier to distinguish

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
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Valentin Gagarin
3794618cce add commas between output values 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7b7e4c6340 use singular to match section heading 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
e63a768e21 use reference links for URLs 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
843288a451 add subsections for objects and references 
group description of data instead of spreading it across the section.

that should help direct skimming. as it turns out, people do not
actually read any of that.
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Valentin Gagarin
4341849193 move closure property to discussion references 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
445f753a82 replace pseudo code by diagrams 
change prose description to visually resemble the data structure
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Valentin Gagarin
db8703bcac use reference links for URLs 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
4adb6602bd clarify first sentence on store objects 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
4eb11d4592 fix grammar for clarity 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b84f2bdfdd introduce mapping to Unix files and processes 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
207992a71d introduce store and store objects without file system details 
this leaves open implementation details, especially about store paths
and file system objects, and allows explaining them together were it is
more appropriate. also leaves room to carefully introduce the key
insight behind Nix: applying results from programming language theory to
the operating system paradigm of files and processes.
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Valentin Gagarin
e72a7874dc beautify rosetta table 
while this may eventually introduce ugly diffs, the table will now
render readably on the terminal (e.g. for `man nix` or `nix --help`)
without further intervention.
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Valentin Gagarin
b6b112b366 use reference links for URLs 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d5eea66615 introduce build tasks 
while it appears a bit much for the overview, this way we set the stage
for going directly into data types when describing the store, instead of
first having to say what build tasks are and how they relate to build
plans.
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Valentin Gagarin
7c3bca1372 revert to build plans in top-level overview 
do not introduce build tasks yet, that is the next level of detail.
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Valentin Gagarin
4639b36b53 use reference links for URLs 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
2303f84a68 revert to "build plan" in overview diagram 
this displays correct composition again. build inputs and build results
are not part of build plans in terms of data objects.

also this is a much less complicated setup. this will be the first
impression of architecture, and we want to get it right.
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Valentin Gagarin
25926c5fc6 Nix store does not underly literally everything 
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
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Valentin Gagarin
0e63b9bf88 add link from overview to store section 
the overview should only link to the three main concepts presented. the
store is now fairly fleshed out. others can follow later.
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Valentin Gagarin
ef81276cc1 architecture overview: add link to command line reference 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
68d26010f6 architecture overview: add link to Nix expression language reference 
update summary title to match file contents
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Valentin Gagarin
75ce324052 use singular for class names consistently 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
689b32a543 clarify relation of tasks and plans 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
2a8532fb61 build rule -> build task 
closer to "build systems a la carte", satisfies all other complaints
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Valentin Gagarin
902638c519 build step -> build rule 
"step" sounds atomic, while "rule" hints at internal structure, which in
our case consists of mapping inputs to outputs using build instructions.
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Valentin Gagarin
87523f01e3 match grammatical case to arrow direction 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d3effd014b update architecture diagram 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ad8c2ed7f0 remove incomplete section: input/content-addressing 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
3bd125ebbe remove incomplete section: nix archives 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b18852eb3f remove incomplete section: content-addressed objects 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7cec9ee361 remove incomplete section: relocatability 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
96876b1eae remove incomplete section: related work 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
1ba6d8fb1d remove incomplete section: building 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
John Ericson
3d8f2f5cc1 Fix manual TOC links 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
John Ericson
b01bb65d30 Fix rel path in doc 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b5ca3d12b6 reword details on keeping closure property 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
e90586c0a4 add motivation for references 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
07d490fd89 stores can also delete objects 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
5fda995491 formalize file system objects 
convention: describe every data type in prose, and illustrate with
a class diagram, and a textual representation of an abstract
data type.

right now we save ourselves the trouble of doing class diagrams, we can
add them later. but they are important.
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Valentin Gagarin
fb2ec7e4ec reword section on references 
use file Contents instead of Data, as that flows more naturally in the
prose.

simplify explanation of the idea behind scanning for store paths

remove references to unfinished sections.
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Valentin Gagarin
90fc5b41a8 reword file system objects 
- use singular for the "class"
- more consistency in type definition
- minor fixes in wording
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Valentin Gagarin
e5e48593c8 move git comparison to related work 
it should be pulled out of the branch before we go for merging
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Valentin Gagarin
a145007a57 component -> store object, realisation -> build 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
40efe5b30b build instrcution: Task -> function 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ca5ebf6382 revert build plan/step distinction, reorder rows 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
610ddf44aa reword introduction to rosetta stone, add links 
attempt to explain used and documented terminology, as well as how
the declarative programming paradigm relates to building software.

in the future one could highlight encouraged terms to shape future
material into higher consistency.
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