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Théophane Hufschmitt
9a3f66d9d9
Merge pull request #7433 from yorickvP/improv-onboarding
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
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
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
Fix foreign key error inserting into NARs #3898
2023-02-13 13:02:19 +01:00
Yorick van Pelt
f2e427942d
Improve hacking.md
- 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
Follow XDG Base Directory standard
2023-02-10 18:05:50 +01:00
Alexander Bantyev
2384d36083
A setting to follow XDG Base Directory standard
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
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
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.
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
docs: Fix small formatting errors
2023-02-07 23:37:42 +01:00
Robert Hensing
1a86d3e98e local.mk: Don't log docroot comments
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)
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
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
fix documentation for `clang11Stdenv` dev shell
2023-02-07 22:35:31 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
f370a5a26c
Update doc/manual/src/glossary.md
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
`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
Expand installation.md
2023-02-02 17:05:54 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
6f0436a337
Merge pull request #7719 from andersk/manual-timestamp
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
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
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
Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2023-01-25 08:58:41 -05:00
John Ericson
816031173c Fix the 2.13 changelog
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
Read file type
2023-01-23 17:37:22 +01:00
John Ericson
7fe308c2f8 Add rapidcheck dependency for testing
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
Coerce strings fixups
2023-01-23 09:39:00 +01:00
Alex Ameen
153ee460c5 primop: add readFileType, optimize readDir
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
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
- 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""
This reverts commit 9b33ef3879.
2023-01-19 13:23:04 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
38b90c618f
Merge pull request #7640 from marceltransier/patch-2
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
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
Introduced in #5420
2023-01-18 17:34:19 +01:00
Philipp Schuster
70e193d64b
Update binary-cache-substituter.md (#7628)
`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"
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
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
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
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
Check links in the manual
2023-01-10 23:07:38 +01:00
Robert Hensing
6ae4d762d0 doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md: Apply suggestion
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
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
... 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
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
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
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
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
Updated docs to delete build users and group
2023-01-05 17:25:06 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e57165b85a bring back table, extract annotations
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
add notes on semantics where appropriate
2023-01-05 14:15:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e07448ba6b convert table to subsections
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
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
It's not a check.
2023-01-03 18:53:01 +01:00
Naïm Favier
15f7fa59be
unsafeDiscardReferences
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
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
antiquotation -> string interpolation
2023-01-02 15:03:45 +01:00
Théophane Hufschmitt
a654ae8269
Merge pull request #7066 from fricklerhandwerk/architecture-overview
manual: architecture overview
2023-01-02 14:42:01 +01:00
Valentin Gagarin
e0c4a95611 antiquotation -> string interpolation
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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