lix/doc/manual/rl-next/short-expr-flag.md
eldritch horrors 279e30e7ef build: replace changelog-d with local script
hacking changelog-d to support not just github but also forgejo and
gerrit is a lot more complicated than it's worth, even moreso since
the entire thing can just as well be done with ~60 lines of python.
this new script is also much cheaper to instantiate (being python),
so having it enabled in all shells is far less of a hassle.

we've also adjusted existing release notes that referenced a gerrit
cl to auto-link to the cl in question, making the diff a bit bigger

closes https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/176

Change-Id: I8ba7dd0070aad9ba4474401731215fcf5d9d2130
2024-03-27 03:09:14 +00:00

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synopsis: reintroduce shortened `-E` form for `--expr` to new CLI
cls: 605
---
In the past, it was possible to supply a shorter `-E` flag instead of fully
specifying `--expr` every time you wished to provide an expression that would
be evaluated to produce the given command's input. This was retained for the
`--file` flag when the new CLI utilities were written with `-f`, but `-E` was
dropped.
We now restore the `-E` short form for better UX. This is most useful for
`nix eval` but most any command that takes an Installable argument should benefit
from it as well.