lix/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
Valentin Gagarin 09eb7f1ef6 do not show configuration override flags for each command
this removes a lot of noise from the web search, which precludes finding
the actual documentation.

some configuration settings have enough documentation to warrant
individual pages, so the alternative of including full setting
documentation in each command page doesn't make much sense here.

this change technically means that the command line flags to override
settings are "invisible", and not exported as JSON. this may or may not
be desirable. a more explicit approach would be adding a `hidden` field
to the flag's JSON output, but would also require adjusting
post-processing of that JSON for manual rendering.
2023-09-07 02:02:27 +02:00

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Nix

let
inherit (builtins)
attrNames attrValues fromJSON listToAttrs mapAttrs
concatStringsSep concatMap length lessThan replaceStrings sort;
inherit (import ./utils.nix) concatStrings optionalString filterAttrs trim squash unique showSettings;
in
commandDump:
let
commandInfo = fromJSON commandDump;
showCommand = { command, details, filename, toplevel }:
let
result = ''
> **Warning** \
> This program is
> [**experimental**](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-nix-command)
> and its interface is subject to change.
# Name
`${command}` - ${details.description}
# Synopsis
${showSynopsis command details.args}
${maybeSubcommands}
${maybeDocumentation}
${maybeOptions}
'';
showSynopsis = command: args:
let
showArgument = arg: "*${arg.label}*" + optionalString (! arg ? arity) "...";
arguments = concatStringsSep " " (map showArgument args);
in ''
`${command}` [*option*...] ${arguments}
'';
maybeSubcommands = optionalString (details ? commands && details.commands != {})
''
where *subcommand* is one of the following:
${subcommands}
'';
subcommands = if length categories > 1
then listCategories
else listSubcommands details.commands;
categories = sort (x: y: x.id < y.id) (unique (map (cmd: cmd.category) (attrValues details.commands)));
listCategories = concatStrings (map showCategory categories);
showCategory = cat: ''
**${toString cat.description}:**
${listSubcommands (filterAttrs (n: v: v.category == cat) details.commands)}
'';
listSubcommands = cmds: concatStrings (attrValues (mapAttrs showSubcommand cmds));
showSubcommand = name: subcmd: ''
* [`${command} ${name}`](./${appendName filename name}.md) - ${subcmd.description}
'';
# TODO: move this confusing special case out of here when implementing #8496
maybeDocumentation = optionalString
(details ? doc)
(replaceStrings ["@stores@"] [storeDocs] details.doc);
maybeOptions = optionalString (details.flags != {}) ''
# Options
${showOptions details.flags toplevel.flags}
> **Note**
>
> See [`man nix.conf`](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#command-line-flags) for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.
'';
showOptions = options: commonOptions:
let
allOptions = options // commonOptions;
showCategory = cat: ''
${optionalString (cat != "") "**${cat}:**"}
${listOptions (filterAttrs (n: v: v.category == cat) allOptions)}
'';
listOptions = opts: concatStringsSep "\n" (attrValues (mapAttrs showOption opts));
showOption = name: option:
let
shortName = optionalString
(option ? shortName)
("/ `-${option.shortName}`");
labels = optionalString
(option ? labels)
(concatStringsSep " " (map (s: "*${s}*") option.labels));
in trim ''
- <span id="opt-${name}">[`--${name}`](#opt-${name})</span> ${shortName} ${labels}
${option.description}
'';
categories = sort lessThan (unique (map (cmd: cmd.category) (attrValues allOptions)));
in concatStrings (map showCategory categories);
in squash result;
appendName = filename: name: (if filename == "nix" then "nix3" else filename) + "-" + name;
processCommand = { command, details, filename, toplevel }:
let
cmd = {
inherit command;
name = filename + ".md";
value = showCommand { inherit command details filename toplevel; };
};
subcommand = subCmd: processCommand {
command = command + " " + subCmd;
details = details.commands.${subCmd};
filename = appendName filename subCmd;
inherit toplevel;
};
in [ cmd ] ++ concatMap subcommand (attrNames details.commands or {});
manpages = processCommand {
command = "nix";
details = commandInfo.args;
filename = "nix";
toplevel = commandInfo.args;
};
tableOfContents = let
showEntry = page:
" - [${page.command}](command-ref/new-cli/${page.name})";
in concatStringsSep "\n" (map showEntry manpages) + "\n";
storeDocs =
let
showStore = name: { settings, doc, experimentalFeature }:
let
experimentalFeatureNote = optionalString (experimentalFeature != null) ''
> **Warning**
> This store is part of an
> [experimental feature](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md).
To use this store, you need to make sure the corresponding experimental feature,
[`${experimentalFeature}`](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-${experimentalFeature}),
is enabled.
For example, include the following in [`nix.conf`](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md):
```
extra-experimental-features = ${experimentalFeature}
```
'';
in ''
## ${name}
${doc}
${experimentalFeatureNote}
**Settings**:
${showSettings { useAnchors = false; } settings}
'';
in concatStrings (attrValues (mapAttrs showStore commandInfo.stores));
in (listToAttrs manpages) // { "SUMMARY.md" = tableOfContents; }