moraxyc/lix

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
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
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
Andrei Boar	50f5b6c733	Update doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md 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 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
Andrei Boar	1c2c1a6e00	Update doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md 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 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 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
Andrei Boar	6dfd8a78d9	Update doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md 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 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
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 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>	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	7c3bca1372	revert to build plans in top-level overview do not introduce build tasks yet, that is the next level of detail.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	25926c5fc6	Nix store does not underly literally everything Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	90fc5b41a8	reword file system objects - use singular for the "class" - more consistency in type definition - minor fixes in wording	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	e5e48593c8	move git comparison to related work it should be pulled out of the branch before we go for merging	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	5f96a0b4e8	associated operations are not collected Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	070c85499b	fix grammar Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	7b5c00f67f	add concrete store examples, reword note on file system	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	c8c1b705ad	reword section on Nix store	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	39f01176a7	design -> architecture, add motivation following ideas found in Architecture of Gazelle[1] [1]: `56d35f8db0/Design.rst`	2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	d30033759a	address Nix language consistently as configuration language	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	7598126391	remove separate meta-section, add architecture diagram the diagram is a first approximation and only covers that same section. of course there is much more going on, and other features should at some point also be illustrated. we also have to think about presentation format and technicalities behind it. the manual has to render to `man`, but we may want something more refined for web view.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	34ea74c9ec	reword introductory section there should be a meta section for each chapter to give motivation of the presented structure. the structure itself is visible from the table of contents.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	b387d80943	remove sentence for chapter transition idea: sections could be read in different orders by linking them in different ways (e.g. depth-first or breadth-first). adding hard-coded transitions makes that confusing.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	89a7c956ff	Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	51e6bed25e	do not mention implementation details Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	23ee0b24f7	correctly use comma for nesting Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	804e8bd747	indicate sequence with "then" Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	327ccd3b07	only use generic build system terminology we will use a translation table to introduce nix-specific terms	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	0eae4bfad1	reword overview with clear terminology trying to capture alternative terms in one go here, mirroring everyday use: derivation - build plan realise - execute build there will be more of that sort.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	0737094161	Add draft "Rosetta stone" by @fricklerhandwerk and stub commentary The idea and most of the execution are @fricklerhandwerk's. I changed a few things best I could based on @edolstra's corrections, and a Bazel glossary. Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	c86c1ec7e3	Make refernces sneak preview more concise	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	4e4bbd9e83	Improve store objects session more	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	e4eea5e84e	Include abstract syntax based on the thesis for FSOs See https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf, page 91.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	b98dc3b19c	store objects, better opining sentances	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	55b437b551	Improve store path section	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	b4df351880	Relocability -> relocation in store object title	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	5f4d2ac091	Improve store object section In particular, Nix is not like Git, so that needs to be fixed.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	1bbad62c7d	doc: File system data -> file system object, to match Nix	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	838ba26fda	Rename files after store entry -> store object rename	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	4e2d5ae202	doc: Store entry -> store object This matches the terminology in Eelco's thesis.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	e308602fdf	Update doc/manual/src/design/store/drvs/drvs.md Co-authored-by: Matthieu Coudron <teto@users.noreply.github.com>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	cdb0bf3b65	Update doc/manual/src/design/overview.md Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	75c5191a1f	Update doc/manual/src/design/overview.md Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	a04340f9a1	Update doc/manual/src/design/overview.md Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	f5386d7059	Fix stub file's name	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	678d75baea	Start on the derivations section	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	e3a0209a9e	Move the bits on relocating store entires to the end They are too advanced for up front.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	a210504bc7	Apply suggestions from code review	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	e64633f98f	Flesh out TOC	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	a2b3160f28	Briefly describe the digest of a store path	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson	523359d133	WIP: Document the design of Nix The current docs are all "how to do things" and no "what is Nix" or "why are things the way they are". I see lots of misconception on the wider internet, and I also think we would benefit from a "living document" to answer some questions people currently turn to the thesis for. I think a new section of the manual can address all these issues.	2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	499ed26508	manual: remove "Writing Nix Expressions" chapter it is out of date, all over the place in level of detail, is really about `nixpkgs`, and in general instructions should not be part of a reference manual. also: - update redirects and internal links - use "Nix language" consistently	2022-08-04 11:59:25 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt	7d1ccd9105	Merge pull request #6846 from fricklerhandwerk/values manual: use subheadings for primitive types	2022-08-03 14:50:41 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt	c55bea4204	Fix the html id of the list headers	2022-08-03 14:16:00 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	ceed4d4142	encode primitive as list with anchors to make it consistent with builtins and configuration options	2022-08-03 11:25:41 +02:00
K900	f675ba5331	doc/distributed-builds: don't use deprecated alias `nix ping-store` -> `nix store ping`.	2022-08-01 13:50:35 +03:00
Valentin Gagarin	27138f1ec6	manual: use singular in body, too Co-authored-by: Cole Helbling <cole.e.helbling@outlook.com>	2022-07-28 23:30:07 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	41a3b315fd	manual: values -> data types	2022-07-28 17:25:25 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	8f4fab8fab	manual: use singular for headings	2022-07-28 17:25:18 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	4ff48854b8	manual: simple values -> primitives "simple" is a loaded term	2022-07-28 17:23:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	3063e5b94c	manual: use subheadings for primitive types this gives us HTML anchors for each of them	2022-07-28 17:23:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	85cdaebcd6	manual: set -> attribute set reword description to have shorter sentences.	2022-07-28 16:10:24 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin	be4654c344	manual: fix section title in table of contents	2022-07-28 15:55:41 +02:00

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