From 634cb2a5aec64164dd7fa9467d9cdb1569611c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: regnat <rg@regnat.ovh>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:04:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a markdown output to `nix describe-stores`

---
 src/nix/describe-stores.cc | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nix/describe-stores.cc b/src/nix/describe-stores.cc
index 027187bd9..0cc2d9337 100644
--- a/src/nix/describe-stores.cc
+++ b/src/nix/describe-stores.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,16 @@ struct CmdDescribeStores : Command, MixJSON
         if (json) {
             std::cout << res;
         } else {
-            throw Error("Only json is available for describe-stores");
+            for (auto & [storeName, storeConfig] : res.items()) {
+                std::cout << "## " << storeName << std::endl << std::endl;
+                for (auto & [optionName, optionDesc] : storeConfig.items()) {
+                    std::cout << "### " << optionName << std::endl << std::endl;
+                    std::cout << optionDesc["description"].get<std::string>() << std::endl;
+                    std::cout << "default: " << optionDesc["defaultValue"] << std::endl <<std::endl;
+                    if (!optionDesc["aliases"].empty())
+                        std::cout << "aliases: " << optionDesc["aliases"] << std::endl << std::endl;
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 };