Valentin Gagarin
66f49864f3
Merge pull request #7928 from serokell/doc-includes
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Documentation: process `#include` directives
2023-03-10 17:06:42 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
2af9fd20c6
clarify definition of "installable"
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the term was hard to discover, as its definition and explanation were in
a very long document lacking an overview section.
search did not help because it occurs so often.
- clarify wording in the definition
- add an overview of installable types
- add "installable" to glossary
- link to definition from occurrences of the term
- be more precise about where store derivation outputs are processed
- installable Nix expressions must evaluate to a derivation
Co-authored-by: Adam Joseph <54836058+amjoseph-nixpkgs@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-03-05 01:46:17 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e065131c1b
cosmetic indentation
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Co-authored-by: Théophane Hufschmitt <7226587+thufschmitt@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-03-03 12:56:23 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
1f394d2107
Merge branch 'master' into paths-from-stdin
2023-03-02 19:20:51 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
96111ad902
Merge pull request #7901 from hercules-ci/disable-tests
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Add ./configure --disable-tests option
2023-03-02 10:00:15 +01:00
Alexander Bantyev
dd0aab2f94
Documentation: process #include directives
2023-03-01 14:01:45 +04:00
Alexander Bantyev
21fb1a5ec2
doc/manual/local.mk: Use tabs instead of spaces everywhere
2023-03-01 14:01:23 +04:00
Alexander Bantyev
2fc3a15861
Make nix-env less prominent in manual TOC
2023-03-01 13:54:45 +04:00
John Ericson
ea0adfc582
Get rid of .drv
special-casing for store path installables
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The release notes document the change in behavior, I don't include it
here so there is no risk to it getting out of sync.
> Motivation
>> Plumbing CLI should be simple
Store derivation installations are intended as "plumbing": very simple
utilities for advanced users and scripts, and not what regular users
interact with. (Similarly, regular Git users will use branch and tag
names not explicit hashes for most things.)
The plumbing CLI should prize simplicity over convenience; that is its
raison d'etre. If the user provides a path, we should treat it the same
way not caring what sort of path it is.
>> Scripting
This is especially important for the scripting use-case. when arbitrary
paths are sent to e.g. `nix copy` and the script author wants consistent
behavior regardless of what those store paths are. Otherwise the script
author needs to be careful to filter out `.drv` ones, and then run `nix
copy` again with those paths and `--derivation`. That is not good!
>> Surprisingly low impact
Only two lines in the tests need changing, showing that the impact of
this is pretty light.
Many command, like `nix log` will continue to work with just the
derivation passed as before. This because we used to:
- Special case the drv path and replace it with it's outputs (what this
gets rid of).
- Turn those output path *back* into the original drv path.
Now we just skip that entire round trip!
> Context
Issue #7261 lays out a broader vision for getting rid of `--derivation`,
and has this as one of its dependencies. But we can do this with or
without that.
`Installable::toDerivations` is changed to handle the case of a
`DerivedPath::Opaque` ending in `.drv`, which is new: it simply doesn't
need to do any extra work in that case. On this basis, commands like
`nix {show-derivation,log} /nix/store/...-foo.drv` still work as before,
as described above.
When testing older daemons, the post-build-hook will be run against the
old CLI, so we need the old version of the post-build-hook to support
that use-case.
Co-authored-by: Travis A. Everett <travis.a.everett@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-02-28 17:07:05 -05:00
Timothy DeHerrera
639659dec2
doc/manual: add release note for --stdin
flag
2023-02-28 12:31:05 -07:00
Timothy DeHerrera
df643051e2
nix-store: read paths from standard input
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Resolves #7437 for new `nix-store` by adding a `--stdin` flag.
2023-02-28 12:29:16 -07:00
Robert Hensing
d0d0b9a748
doc/cli-guideline: Improve examples
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Turns out that the settings themselves have a bad data model anyway, so we cut that. They do still occur in the first example, but not in focus.
2023-02-28 16:35:47 +01:00
Robert Hensing
17f70b10bf
doc/cli-guideline: Apply suggestions from code review
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Thanks Valentin!
2023-02-28 16:35:42 +01:00
Robert Hensing
f09ccd8ea9
doc/cli-guideline: Add JSON guideline
2023-02-28 16:35:36 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
1e07102937
Release notes
2023-02-28 13:44:14 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
1b49e6fea9
use the term reference correctly
2023-02-27 13:04:54 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
b0c23999d2
add link to definition
2023-02-27 12:56:22 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
ec317949f9
remove "references" as distinct term
2023-02-27 12:55:14 +01:00
Robert Hensing
e76619a402
rl-next: Describe fixed flake outPath semantics
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The reference documentation already implies the correct semantics.
2023-02-26 14:41:23 +01:00
Robert Hensing
c6051cac6f
doc: Add test dependencies to prerequisites
2023-02-24 09:59:25 +01:00
Robert Hensing
df6829e0d7
Merge pull request #7867 from NixOS/hacking-cross
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doc/hacking.md: Corrections and additions for cross
2023-02-20 22:25:55 +01:00
Robert Hensing
807ef8f734
doc/hacking.md: Corrections and additions for cross
2023-02-20 12:20:08 +01:00
John Ericson
d7a4f08d42
Nix's own flake: Dedup and memoize more
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- `nixpkgsFor` does all of native, static, cross, and the different stdenvs.
- The main Nix derivation is no longer duplicated for static.
- DRY nixpkgs.lib and lib.genAttrs calls.
2023-02-20 11:35:51 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
9a3f66d9d9
Merge pull request #7433 from yorickvP/improv-onboarding
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Improve hacking.md and add clangd+bear to devshell
2023-02-20 10:50:08 +01:00
John Ericson
ddb40ddd47
Update doc/manual/src/quick-start.md
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-02-19 20:00:02 -05:00
Clemens Tolboom
8c09888de4
Use long options instead of short ones
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It is a little hard to learn what the options mean.
2023-02-19 13:48:37 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra
c205d10c66
Merge pull request #7616 from hercules-ci/fix-3898
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Fix foreign key error inserting into NARs #3898
2023-02-13 13:02:19 +01:00
Yorick
f2e427942d
Improve hacking.md
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- Refer to current version in readme
- Split into flakes and non-flakes section
- Change order to move nix-build to the end, since people often start
with it in the beginning.
- Use proper "Note" syntax
- Add notes about editor integration
- Move information about target platforms and stdenvs into separate
sections
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
Co-authored-by: Alexander Bantyev <alexander.bantyev@tweag.io>
Co-authored-by: Théophane Hufschmitt <theophane.hufschmitt@tweag.io>
2023-02-13 12:00:00 +04:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
9ebbe35817
Merge pull request #5588 from tweag/balsoft/xdg
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Follow XDG Base Directory standard
2023-02-10 18:05:50 +01:00
Alexander Bantyev
2384d36083
A setting to follow XDG Base Directory standard
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XDG Base Directory is a standard for locations for storing various
files. Nix has a few files which seem to fit in the standard, but
currently use a custom location directly in the user's ~, polluting
it:
- ~/.nix-profile
- ~/.nix-defexpr
- ~/.nix-channels
This commit adds a config option (use-xdg-base-directories) to follow
the XDG spec and instead use the following locations:
- $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile
- $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/defexpr
- $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels
If $XDG_STATE_HOME is not set, it is assumed to be ~/.local/state.
Co-authored-by: Théophane Hufschmitt <7226587+thufschmitt@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Tim Fenney <kodekata@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: pasqui23 <pasqui23@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Artturin <Artturin@artturin.com>
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <Ericson2314@Yahoo.com>
2023-02-10 20:14:06 +04:00
Eelco Dolstra
bffb76264e
Merge pull request #7800 from PicoGeyer/patch-1
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Fix minor syntax issue in one of the examples.
2023-02-10 17:09:19 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
320e391171
Merge pull request #7403 from fricklerhandwerk/noselect
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disallow selecting shell prompt in code samples
2023-02-10 13:12:23 +01:00
Pico Geyer
a0f1cb0ce7
Fix minor syntax issue in the one of the examples.
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Attribute set expressions need to end with a ;
2023-02-10 12:01:44 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
c1921514d4
Merge pull request #7700 from iFreilicht/patch-1
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docs: Fix small formatting errors
2023-02-07 23:37:42 +01:00
Robert Hensing
1a86d3e98e
local.mk: Don't log docroot comments
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These were accidentally logged and do not need to appear in make's
log output.
2023-02-07 23:34:36 +01:00
David Dunn
9aeaf98c4b
Make install command in documentation compatible with fish shell ( #7474 )
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Use a pipe for all install commands
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-02-07 22:32:27 +00:00
Felix Uhl
d910dfe978
docs: Fix formatting of || operator
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This is a workaround for
[mdBook#2000](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/2000 )
2023-02-07 23:06:14 +01:00
Felix Uhl
32db5e6349
docs: Fix broken anchor link
2023-02-07 23:06:14 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
1ba13b17db
Merge pull request #7758 from peterbecich/clang11-devshell-documentation
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fix documentation for `clang11Stdenv` dev shell
2023-02-07 22:35:31 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
f370a5a26c
Update doc/manual/src/glossary.md
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Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2023-02-07 20:40:29 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
8ab9fdac01
Merge pull request #7768 from ncfavier/fixup-7714
2023-02-07 16:24:19 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
c20394245d
add "instantiate" to glossary
2023-02-07 12:09:26 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e4f12ff482
store paths are not uniquely determined
2023-02-07 11:59:18 +01:00
Naïm Favier
2915db7b28
doc: fixup 7714
2023-02-07 11:38:09 +01:00
Peter Becich
b8e96351f7
fix clang11Stdenv
dev shell documentation
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`clang11StdenvPackages` does not exist
```
│ └───x86_64-linux
│ ├───ccacheStdenv: development environment 'nix'
│ ├───clang11Stdenv: development environment 'nix'
│ ├───clangStdenv: development environment 'nix'
│ ├───default: development environment 'nix'
│ ├───gccStdenv: development environment 'nix'
│ ├───libcxxStdenv: development environment 'nix'
│ └───stdenv: development environment 'nix'
```
2023-02-05 12:00:48 -08:00
Eelco Dolstra
5cbeff64f2
Merge pull request #7607 from Hoverbear/installation-expand
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Expand installation.md
2023-02-02 17:05:54 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
6f0436a337
Merge pull request #7719 from andersk/manual-timestamp
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manual: Document that the store timestamp is now 1, not 0
2023-02-01 15:50:36 +01:00
Anders Kaseorg
c5d4c50aba
manual: Document that the store timestamp is now 1, not 0
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Commit 14bc3ce3d6
(0.13~43) changed the
timestamps in the Nix store from 0 to 1. Update the nix-store man
page to match.
Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
2023-01-30 23:51:35 -08:00
Naïm Favier
0b3464a107
doc: add __structuredAttrs
, outputChecks
, unsafeDiscardReferences
2023-01-30 14:49:45 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
7408776b00
Fix the release-notes
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Slightly butchered during the merge
2023-01-30 10:32:23 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
4aaf0ee52e
Merge branch 'master' into referenceablePaths
2023-01-30 10:31:00 +01:00
John Ericson
f465e378c4
Update doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.13.md
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Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2023-01-25 08:58:41 -05:00
John Ericson
816031173c
Fix the 2.13 changelog
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It is just the new CLI that gets the `^` syntax. The old CLI already has
a (slightly different) `!` syntax.
Fixes #7682
2023-01-24 18:53:46 -05:00
Felix Uhl
dc4aa383e9
doc: fix anchor links in and to glossary
2023-01-24 00:19:43 +01:00
Robert Hensing
9b56683398
Merge pull request #7447 from aakropotkin/read-file-type
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Read file type
2023-01-23 17:37:22 +01:00
John Ericson
7fe308c2f8
Add rapidcheck
dependency for testing
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Property tests are great!
Co-authored-by: Cole Helbling <cole.e.helbling@outlook.com>
2023-01-23 07:05:50 -05:00
Robert Hensing
37c533ed27
rl-next.md: Minor improvement
2023-01-23 11:28:31 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
90e630a542
Merge pull request #7641 from layus/coerce-strings-fixups
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Coerce strings fixups
2023-01-23 09:39:00 +01:00
Alex Ameen
153ee460c5
primop: add readFileType, optimize readDir
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Allows checking directory entry type of a single file/directory.
This was added to optimize the use of `builtins.readDir` on some
filesystems and operating systems which cannot detect this information
using POSIX's `readdir`.
Previously `builtins.readDir` would eagerly use system calls to lookup
these filetypes using other interfaces; this change makes these
operations lazy in the attribute values for each file with application
of `builtins.readFileType`.
2023-01-22 13:45:02 -06:00
Florian Paul Schmidt
4ff9ed5c2d
doc: fix update operator description
2023-01-20 13:21:45 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
fdc02d2b6a
Merge pull request #7490 from fricklerhandwerk/doc-realise
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define the terms "realise" and "valid" for store paths
2023-01-20 11:19:45 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
b911307d7a
Merge pull request #7629 from phip1611/patch-3
2023-01-19 16:41:20 +01:00
Philipp Schuster
9469b1bb30
doc: update language/index.md
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- make `<nixpkgs>` visible (was blank in the rendered version)
2023-01-19 15:11:20 +01:00
Guillaume Maudoux
e4726a0c79
Revert "Revert "Merge pull request #6204 from layus/coerce-string""
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This reverts commit 9b33ef3879
.
2023-01-19 13:23:04 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
38b90c618f
Merge pull request #7640 from marceltransier/patch-2
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Fix update operator usage in operators.md
2023-01-19 11:12:10 +01:00
Marcel Transier
8b9325ec4a
Fix update operator usage in operators.md
2023-01-19 10:20:41 +01:00
Marcel Transier
9141b74eb7
Fix markdown error in operators.md
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Escape logical or pipe in markdown table according to https://github.github.com/gfm/#example-200
2023-01-18 22:34:49 +01:00
Lorenzo Manacorda
913782af4d
Relase notes: add empty flake registry
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Introduced in #5420
2023-01-18 17:34:19 +01:00
Philipp Schuster
70e193d64b
Update binary-cache-substituter.md ( #7628 )
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`binary-caches` is deprecated and `substituters` the new recommended option.
2023-01-18 15:08:20 +00:00
Robert Hensing
9b33ef3879
Revert "Merge pull request #6204 from layus/coerce-string"
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This reverts commit a75b7ba30f
, reversing
changes made to 9af16c5f74
.
2023-01-18 01:34:07 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
3ff9fc0d7d
Typo
2023-01-17 17:03:30 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
c1934eb074
Release notes
2023-01-17 13:23:31 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
9be3c6c7c7
add note on self-references and cycles
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Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2023-01-17 12:33:23 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
59f03437c2
references refer to store objects, not paths
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as noted by @Ericson2314
2023-01-17 12:29:45 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
bc9de373c7
reword definition of "reference"
2023-01-17 12:29:45 +01:00
Ana Hobden
763c1dfc2b
Expand installation.md
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Changes the `quick-start.md` to recommend a multi-user install, since
single-user is not supported on MacOS and https://nixos.org/download.html
recommends multi-user.
Expands `installation.md` to reflect wording on https://nixos.org/download.html
2023-01-16 11:38:50 -08:00
Robert Hensing
f58c301112
Merge pull request #7541 from hercules-ci/check-manual-links
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Check links in the manual
2023-01-10 23:07:38 +01:00
Robert Hensing
6ae4d762d0
doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md: Apply suggestion
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Robert Hensing
da4d4feacf
doc/manual/hacking: Document @docroot@ variable
2023-01-10 22:30:41 +01:00
Robert Hensing
fefa3a49ce
doc/manual: Apply suggestions from code review
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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
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... 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Updated docs to delete build users and group
2023-01-05 17:25:06 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e57165b85a
bring back table, extract annotations
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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
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add notes on semantics where appropriate
2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e07448ba6b
convert table to subsections
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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
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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
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It's not a check.
2023-01-03 18:53:01 +01:00
Naïm Favier
15f7fa59be
unsafeDiscardReferences
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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
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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
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antiquotation -> string interpolation
2023-01-02 15:03:45 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
a654ae8269
Merge pull request #7066 from fricklerhandwerk/architecture-overview
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manual: architecture overview
2023-01-02 14:42:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e0c4a95611
antiquotation -> string interpolation
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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
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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
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define "store derivation"
2023-01-02 13:26:41 +01:00
John Ericson
efbd1d15c6
Apply suggestions from code review
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-12-23 08:59:36 -08:00
Eelco Dolstra
c164d304f3
nix develop: Set personality
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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
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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
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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 )
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* 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
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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
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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
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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
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Fixes #7026 .
2022-12-12 14:05:52 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
7396844676
Merge pull request #7421 from edolstra/lazy-trees-trivial-changes
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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
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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
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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
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refactor rendering documentation of options
2022-12-08 06:39:13 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
ebeaf03558
do not render links in man pages
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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
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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 )
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* 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
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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
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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
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docs: drop shell prompt character for consistency
2022-12-01 19:24:09 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
dfa27e6b2f
refactor rendering documentation of options
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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it is not possible to antiquote numbers.
2022-11-22 10:36:21 +01:00
Liu Xiaoyi
4d55acf515
Apply suggestions from code review
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Co-authored-by: Sandro <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
2022-11-21 13:46:22 +08:00
Liu Xiaoyi
cc620d961f
Updated uninstall guide involving systemd
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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
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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
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manual: generalize anchor redirects
2022-11-09 11:23:26 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
9d20a056c8
remove external link
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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add ccacheStdenv
2022-09-24 12:45:27 +02:00
Solène Rapenne
e04b38f789
add ccacheStdenv
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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This reverts commit 81e101345f
, reversing
changes made to 7d1280bbaf
.
2022-08-22 12:52:15 +02:00
Andrei Boar
50f5b6c733
Update doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-19 12:28:51 +03:00
Andrei Boar
82b867d0b5
cover empty string case
2022-08-19 11:51:32 +03:00
Valentin Gagarin
703b335c1d
reword description of language properties
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Apply suggestions from code review
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Andrei Boar
1c2c1a6e00
Update doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
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Co-authored-by: Jan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>
2022-08-04 16:17:24 +03:00
John Ericson
bc118854d0
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into doc-what-is-nix
2022-08-04 09:11:42 -04:00
Andrei Boar
a8ac6a4120
Update doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-04 16:01:02 +03:00
Andrei Boar
cedcfe861c
Merge branch 'manual-nix-path-empty' of github.com:zuzuleinen/nix into manual-nix-path-empty
2022-08-04 15:56:13 +03:00
Andrei Boar
f72545e864
update to suggested changes
2022-08-04 15:56:01 +03:00
Valentin Gagarin
b631742277
fix page rendering
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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
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doc: update darwin uninstall instructions
2022-08-04 14:09:09 +02:00
Andrei Boar
6dfd8a78d9
Update doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
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Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2022-08-04 15:04:52 +03:00
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
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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
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Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-08-04 06:23:36 -05:00
Andrei Boar
5a75aa8595
manual: update docs when NIX_PATH is empty
2022-08-04 14:19:51 +03:00
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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using JSON notation is unwarranted and not explained.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
9c544813d7
paths -> path
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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