Make nix search lazier

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.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Pull requests concerning the listed files will automatically invite the respective maintainers as reviewers.
-# This file is not used for denoting any kind of ownership, but is merely a tool for handling notifications.
-#
-# Merge permissions are required for maintaining an entry in this file.
-# For documentation on this mechanism, see https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
-
-# Default reviewers if nothing else matches
-* @edolstra
-
-# This file
-.github/CODEOWNERS @edolstra
-
-# Public documentation
-/doc @fricklerhandwerk
-*.md @fricklerhandwerk
-
-# Libstore layer
-/src/libstore @thufschmitt

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -30,7 +30,3 @@ A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
 **Additional context**
 
 Add any other context about the problem here.
-
-**Priorities**
-
-Add :+1: to [issues you find important](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc).

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Feature request
 about: Suggest an idea for this project
 title: ''
-labels: feature
+labels: improvement
 assignees: ''
 
 ---
@@ -18,7 +18,3 @@ A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've
 
 **Additional context**
 Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
-
-**Priorities**
-
-Add :+1: to [issues you find important](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc).

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/installer.md

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Installer issue
-about: Report problems with installation
-title: ''
-labels: installer
-assignees: ''
-
----
-
-## Platform
-
-<!-- select the platform on which you tried to install Nix -->
-
-- [ ] Linux: <!-- state your distribution, e.g. Arch Linux, Ubuntu, ... -->
-- [ ] macOS
-- [ ] WSL
-
-## Additional information
-
-<!-- state special circumstances on your system or additional steps you have taken prior to installation -->
-
-## Output
-
-<details><summary>Output</summary>
-
-```log
-
-<!-- paste console output here and remove this comment -->
-
-```
-
-</details>
-
-## Priorities
-
-Add :+1: to [issues you find important](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc).

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/missing_documentation.md

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Missing or incorrect documentation
-about: Help us improve the reference manual
-title: ''
-labels: documentation
-assignees: ''
-
----
-
-## Problem
-
-<!-- describe your problem -->
-
-## Checklist
-
-<!-- make sure this issue is not redundant or obsolete -->
-
-- [ ] checked [latest Nix manual] \([source])
-- [ ] checked [open documentation issues and pull requests] for possible duplicates
-
-[latest Nix manual]: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/
-[source]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tree/master/doc/manual/src
-[open documentation issues and pull requests]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/labels/documentation
-
-## Proposal
-
-<!-- propose a solution -->
-
-## Priorities
-
-Add :+1: to [issues you find important](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc).

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Motivation
-<!-- Briefly explain what the change is about and why it is desirable. -->
-
-# Context
-<!-- Provide context. Reference open issues if available. -->
-
-<!-- Non-trivial change: Briefly outline the implementation strategy. -->
-
-<!-- Invasive change: Discuss alternative designs or approaches you considered. -->
-
-<!-- Large change: Provide instructions to reviewers how to read the diff. -->
-
-# Checklist for maintainers
-
-<!-- Contributors: please leave this as is -->
-
-Maintainers: tick if completed or explain if not relevant
-
- - [ ] agreed on idea
- - [ ] agreed on implementation strategy
- - [ ] tests, as appropriate
-   - functional tests - `tests/**.sh`
-   - unit tests - `src/*/tests`
-   - integration tests - `tests/nixos/*`
- - [ ] documentation in the manual
- - [ ] documentation in the internal API docs
- - [ ] code and comments are self-explanatory
- - [ ] commit message explains why the change was made
- - [ ] new feature or incompatible change: updated release notes
-
-# Priorities
-
-Add :+1: to [pull requests you find important](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc).

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-"documentation":
-  - doc/manual/*
-  - src/nix/**/*.md
-
-"store":
-  - src/libstore/store-api.*
-  - src/libstore/*-store.*
-
-"fetching":
-  - src/libfetchers/**/*
-
-"repl":
-  - src/libcmd/repl.*
-  - src/nix/repl.*
-
-"new-cli":
-  - src/nix/**/*
-
-"tests":
-  # Unit tests
-  - src/*/tests/**/*
-  # Functional and integration tests
-  - tests/**/*

.github/stale.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale
 daysUntilStale: 180
-daysUntilClose: false
+daysUntilClose: 365
 exemptLabels:
   - "critical"
-  - "never-stale"
 staleLabel: "stale"
-markComment: false
-closeComment: false
+markComment: |
+  I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → [More info](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/.github/STALE-BOT.md)
+closeComment: |
+  I closed this issue due to inactivity. → [More info](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/.github/STALE-BOT.md)

.github/workflows/backport.yml

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-name: Backport
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [closed, labeled]
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-jobs:
-  backport:
-    name: Backport Pull Request
-    permissions:
-      # for zeebe-io/backport-action
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true && (github.event_name != 'labeled' || startsWith('backport', github.event.label.name))
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          # required to find all branches
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Create backport PRs
-        # should be kept in sync with `version`
-        uses: zeebe-io/backport-action@v1.3.0
-        with:
-          # Config README: https://github.com/zeebe-io/backport-action#backport-action
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          github_workspace: ${{ github.workspace }}
-          pull_description: |-
-            Automatic backport to `${target_branch}`, triggered by a label in #${pull_number}.
-          # should be kept in sync with `uses`
-          version: v0.0.5

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-name: "CI"
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-
-  tests:
-    needs: [check_secrets]
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
-      with:
-        # The sandbox would otherwise be disabled by default on Darwin
-        extra_nix_config: "sandbox = true"
-    - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v12
-      if: needs.check_secrets.outputs.cachix == 'true'
-      with:
-        name: '${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}'
-        signingKey: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}'
-        authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
-    - run: nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' flake check -L
-
-  check_secrets:
-    permissions:
-      contents: none
-    name: Check Cachix and Docker secrets present for installer tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      cachix: ${{ steps.secret.outputs.cachix }}
-      docker: ${{ steps.secret.outputs.docker }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check for secrets
-        id: secret
-        env:
-          _CACHIX_SECRETS: ${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-          _DOCKER_SECRETS: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=cachix::${{ env._CACHIX_SECRETS != '' }}"
-          echo "::set-output name=docker::${{ env._DOCKER_SECRETS != '' }}"
-
-  installer:
-    needs: [tests, check_secrets]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && needs.check_secrets.outputs.cachix == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      installerURL: ${{ steps.prepare-installer.outputs.installerURL }}
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
-      with:
-        install_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.13.3/install
-    - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v12
-      with:
-        name: '${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}'
-        signingKey: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}'
-        authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
-    - id: prepare-installer
-      run: scripts/prepare-installer-for-github-actions
-
-  installer_test:
-    needs: [installer, check_secrets]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && needs.check_secrets.outputs.cachix == 'true'
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
-      with:
-        install_url: '${{needs.installer.outputs.installerURL}}'
-        install_options: "--tarball-url-prefix https://${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}.cachix.org/serve"
-    - run: sudo apt install fish zsh
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-    - run: brew install fish
-      if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
-    - run: exec bash -c "nix-instantiate -E 'builtins.currentTime' --eval"
-    - run: exec sh -c "nix-instantiate -E 'builtins.currentTime' --eval"
-    - run: exec zsh -c "nix-instantiate -E 'builtins.currentTime' --eval"
-    - run: exec fish -c "nix-instantiate -E 'builtins.currentTime' --eval"
-    - run: exec bash -c "nix-channel --add https://releases.nixos.org/nixos/unstable/nixos-23.05pre466020.60c1d71f2ba nixpkgs"
-    - run: exec bash -c "nix-channel --update && nix-env -iA nixpkgs.hello && hello"
-
-  docker_push_image:
-    needs: [check_secrets, tests]
-    if: >-
-      github.event_name == 'push' &&
-      github.ref_name == 'master' &&
-      needs.check_secrets.outputs.cachix == 'true' &&
-      needs.check_secrets.outputs.docker == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
-      with:
-        install_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.13.3/install
-    - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - run: echo NIX_VERSION="$(nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' eval .\#default.version | tr -d \")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v12
-      if: needs.check_secrets.outputs.cachix == 'true'
-      with:
-        name: '${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}'
-        signingKey: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}'
-        authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
-    - run: nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' build .#dockerImage -L
-    - run: docker load -i ./result/image.tar.gz
-    - run: docker tag nix:$NIX_VERSION nixos/nix:$NIX_VERSION
-    - run: docker tag nix:$NIX_VERSION nixos/nix:master
-    - name: Login to Docker Hub
-      uses: docker/login-action@v2
-      with:
-        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-    - run: docker push nixos/nix:$NIX_VERSION
-    - run: docker push nixos/nix:master

.github/workflows/hydra_status.yml

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Hydra status
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "12,42 * * * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  check_hydra_status:
-    name: Check Hydra status
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - run: bash scripts/check-hydra-status.sh
-

.github/workflows/labels.yml

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: "Label PR"
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [edited, opened, synchronize, reopened]
-
-# WARNING:
-# When extending this action, be aware that $GITHUB_TOKEN allows some write
-# access to the GitHub API. This means that it should not evaluate user input in
-# a way that allows code injection.
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  labels:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/labeler@v4
-      with:
-        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        sync-labels: true

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: "Test"
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v13
+    - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v10
+      with:
+        name: '${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}'
+        signingKey: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}'
+        authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
+    #- run: nix flake check
+    - run: nix-build -A checks.$(if [[ `uname` = Linux ]]; then echo x86_64-linux; else echo x86_64-darwin; fi)
+  check_cachix:
+    name: Cachix secret present for installer tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      secret: ${{ steps.secret.outputs.secret }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check for Cachix secret
+        id: secret
+        env:
+          _CACHIX_SECRETS: ${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+        run: echo "::set-output name=secret::${{ env._CACHIX_SECRETS != '' }}"
+  installer:
+    needs: [tests, check_cachix]
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && needs.check_cachix.outputs.secret == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      installerURL: ${{ steps.prepare-installer.outputs.installerURL }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v13
+    - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v10
+      with:
+        name: '${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}'
+        signingKey: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}'
+        authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
+    - id: prepare-installer
+      run: scripts/prepare-installer-for-github-actions
+  installer_test:
+    needs: [installer, check_cachix]
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && needs.check_cachix.outputs.secret == 'true'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+    - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v13
+      with:
+        install_url: '${{needs.installer.outputs.installerURL}}'
+        install_options: "--tarball-url-prefix https://${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}.cachix.org/serve"
+    - run: nix-instantiate -E 'builtins.currentTime' --eval

.gitignore

@@ -15,23 +15,19 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 /doc/manual/*.1
 /doc/manual/*.5
 /doc/manual/*.8
-/doc/manual/generated/*
 /doc/manual/nix.json
 /doc/manual/conf-file.json
 /doc/manual/builtins.json
-/doc/manual/xp-features.json
 /doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md
 /doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli
 /doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file.md
-/doc/manual/src/command-ref/experimental-features-shortlist.md
-/doc/manual/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md
-/doc/manual/src/language/builtins.md
+/doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins.md
 
 # /scripts/
 /scripts/nix-profile.sh
+/scripts/nix-reduce-build
+/scripts/nix-http-export.cgi
 /scripts/nix-profile-daemon.sh
-/scripts/nix-profile.fish
-/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.fish
 
 # /src/libexpr/
 /src/libexpr/lexer-tab.cc
@@ -40,19 +36,15 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 /src/libexpr/parser-tab.hh
 /src/libexpr/parser-tab.output
 /src/libexpr/nix.tbl
-/src/libexpr/tests/libnixexpr-tests
 
 # /src/libstore/
 *.gen.*
-/src/libstore/tests/libnixstore-tests
 
 # /src/libutil/
-/src/libutil/tests/libnixutil-tests
+/src/libutil/tests/libutil-tests
 
 /src/nix/nix
 
-/src/nix/doc
-
 # /src/nix-env/
 /src/nix-env/nix-env
 
@@ -64,6 +56,9 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 
 /src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url
 
+# /src/nix-daemon/
+/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon
+
 /src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage
 
 # /src/nix-channel/
@@ -80,15 +75,14 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 
 # /tests/
 /tests/test-tmp
-/tests/common/vars-and-functions.sh
+/tests/common.sh
+/tests/dummy
 /tests/result*
 /tests/restricted-innocent
 /tests/shell
 /tests/shell.drv
 /tests/config.nix
 /tests/ca/config.nix
-/tests/dyn-drv/config.nix
-/tests/repl-result-out
 
 # /tests/lang/
 /tests/lang/*.out
@@ -100,7 +94,6 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 
 /misc/systemd/nix-daemon.service
 /misc/systemd/nix-daemon.socket
-/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.conf
 /misc/upstart/nix-daemon.conf
 
 /src/resolve-system-dependencies/resolve-system-dependencies
@@ -109,7 +102,6 @@ outputs/
 
 *.a
 *.o
-*.o.tmp
 *.so
 *.dylib
 *.dll
@@ -132,7 +124,3 @@ GTAGS
 compile_commands.json
 
 nix-rust/target
-
-result
-
-.vscode/

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.16.0
+2.4

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# Contributing to Nix
-
-Welcome and thank you for your interest in contributing to Nix!
-We appreciate your support.
-
-Reading and following these guidelines will help us make the contribution process easy and effective for everyone involved.
-
-
-## Report a bug
-
-1. Check on the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues) if your bug was already reported.
-
-2. If you were not able to find the bug or feature [open a new issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/new/choose)
-
-3. The issue templates will guide you in specifying your issue.
-   The more complete the information you provide, the more likely it can be found by others and the more useful it is in the future.
-   Make sure reported bugs can be reproduced easily.
-
-4. Once submitted, do not expect issues to be picked up or solved right away.
-   The only way to ensure this, is to [work on the issue yourself](#making-changes-to-nix).
-
-## Report a security vulnerability
-
-Check out the [security policy](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/policy).
-
-## Making changes to Nix
-
-1. Check for [pull requests](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pulls) that might already cover the contribution you are about to make.
-   There are many open pull requests that might already do what you intent to work on.
-   You can use [labels](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/labels) to filter for relevant topics.
-
-2. Search for related issues that cover what you're going to work on. It could help to mention there that you will work on the issue.
-   Pull requests addressing issues labeled ["idea approved"](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/labels/idea%20approved) are especially welcomed by maintainers and will receive prioritised review.
-
-3. Check the [Nix reference manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/contributing/hacking.html) for information on building Nix and running its tests.
-
-   For contributions to the command line interface, please check the [CLI guidelines](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/contributing/cli-guideline.html).
-
-4. Make your changes!
-
-5. [Create a pull request](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request) for your changes.
-   * [Mark the pull request as draft](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/changing-the-stage-of-a-pull-request) if you're not done with the changes.
-   * Make sure to have [a clean history of commits on your branch by using rebase](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-rebase-and-update-a-pull-request).
-   * Link related issues in your pull request to inform interested parties and future contributors about your change.
-     If your pull request closes one or multiple issues, note that in the description using `Closes: #<number>`, as it will then happen automatically when your change is merged.
-
-6. Do not expect your pull request to be reviewed immediately.
-   Nix maintainers follow a [structured process for reviews and design decisions](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tree/master/maintainers#project-board-protocol), which may or may not prioritise your work.
-
-7. If you need additional feedback or help to getting pull request into shape, ask other contributors using [@mentions](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax#mentioning-people-and-teams).
-
-## Making changes to the Nix manual
-
-The Nix reference manual is hosted on https://nixos.org/manual/nix.
-The underlying source files are located in [`doc/manual/src`](./doc/manual/src).
-For small changes you can [use GitHub to edit these files](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-files/editing-files)
-For larger changes see the [Nix reference manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/contributing/hacking.html).
-
-## Getting help
-
-Whenever you're stuck or do not know how to proceed, you can always ask for help.
-The appropriate channels to do so can be found on the [NixOS Community](https://nixos.org/community/) page.

Makefile

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ makefiles = \
   mk/precompiled-headers.mk \
   local.mk \
   src/libutil/local.mk \
+  src/libutil/tests/local.mk \
   src/libstore/local.mk \
   src/libfetchers/local.mk \
   src/libmain/local.mk \
@@ -11,37 +12,24 @@ makefiles = \
   src/resolve-system-dependencies/local.mk \
   scripts/local.mk \
   misc/bash/local.mk \
-  misc/fish/local.mk \
   misc/zsh/local.mk \
   misc/systemd/local.mk \
   misc/launchd/local.mk \
   misc/upstart/local.mk \
   doc/manual/local.mk \
-  doc/internal-api/local.mk
-
--include Makefile.config
-
-ifeq ($(tests), yes)
-makefiles += \
-  src/libutil/tests/local.mk \
-  src/libstore/tests/local.mk \
-  src/libexpr/tests/local.mk \
   tests/local.mk \
   tests/plugins/local.mk
-else
-makefiles += \
-  mk/disable-tests.mk
-endif
+
+-include Makefile.config
 
 OPTIMIZE = 1
 
 ifeq ($(OPTIMIZE), 1)
-  GLOBAL_CXXFLAGS += -O3 $(CXXLTO)
-  GLOBAL_LDFLAGS += $(CXXLTO)
+  GLOBAL_CXXFLAGS += -O3
 else
   GLOBAL_CXXFLAGS += -O0 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 endif
 
 include mk/lib.mk
 
-GLOBAL_CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -include config.h -std=c++2a -I src
+GLOBAL_CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -include config.h -std=c++17

Makefile.config.in

@@ -6,23 +6,19 @@ CC = @CC@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CXX = @CXX@
 CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@
-CXXLTO = @CXXLTO@
 EDITLINE_LIBS = @EDITLINE_LIBS@
 ENABLE_S3 = @ENABLE_S3@
 GTEST_LIBS = @GTEST_LIBS@
 HAVE_LIBCPUID = @HAVE_LIBCPUID@
 HAVE_SECCOMP = @HAVE_SECCOMP@
-HOST_OS = @host_os@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 LIBARCHIVE_LIBS = @LIBARCHIVE_LIBS@
 LIBBROTLI_LIBS = @LIBBROTLI_LIBS@
 LIBCURL_LIBS = @LIBCURL_LIBS@
-LIBSECCOMP_LIBS = @LIBSECCOMP_LIBS@
-LOWDOWN_LIBS = @LOWDOWN_LIBS@
 OPENSSL_LIBS = @OPENSSL_LIBS@
+LIBSECCOMP_LIBS = @LIBSECCOMP_LIBS@
 PACKAGE_NAME = @PACKAGE_NAME@
 PACKAGE_VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-RAPIDCHECK_HEADERS = @RAPIDCHECK_HEADERS@
 SHELL = @bash@
 SODIUM_LIBS = @SODIUM_LIBS@
 SQLITE3_LIBS = @SQLITE3_LIBS@
@@ -32,7 +28,6 @@ datadir = @datadir@
 datarootdir = @datarootdir@
 doc_generate = @doc_generate@
 docdir = @docdir@
-embedded_sandbox_shell = @embedded_sandbox_shell@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 includedir = @includedir@
 libdir = @libdir@
@@ -46,5 +41,3 @@ sandbox_shell = @sandbox_shell@
 storedir = @storedir@
 sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 system = @system@
-tests = @tests@
-internal_api_docs = @internal_api_docs@

README.md

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Information on additional installation methods is available on the [Nix download
 
 ## Building And Developing
 
-See our [Hacking guide](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/contributing/hacking.html) in our manual for instruction on how to
-to set up a development environment and build Nix from source.
+See our [Hacking guide](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/build.x86_64-linux/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual/contributing/hacking.html) in our manual for instruction on how to
+build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.
 
 ## Additional Resources
 

benchmark.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -euo pipefail
+set -x
+
+callNix () {
+    nix \
+        --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" \
+        --store /tmp/nix \
+        "$@"
+}
+
+callBuild () {
+    callNix \
+        eval --impure --file "$THINGTOBENCH" drvPath \
+        "$@"
+}
+getCompletions () {
+    NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS=6 callNix build "github:NixOS/nixpkgs?rev=ad0d20345219790533ebe06571f82ed6b034db31#firef" "$@"
+}
+runSearch () {
+    callNix search "github:NixOS/nixpkgs?rev=ad0d20345219790533ebe06571f82ed6b034db31" firefox "$@"
+}
+
+noCache () {
+    "$@" --option eval-cache false
+}
+coldCache () {
+    if [[ -e ~/.cache/nix/eval-cache-v2 || -e ~/.cache/nix/eval-cache-v3 ]]; then
+        echo "Error: The cache should be clean"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    "$@"
+}
+
+run_all () {
+
+    mkdir -p "$out"
+
+    NIX_SHOW_STATS=1 NIX_SHOW_STATS_PATH=$out/eval-stats.json bash $0 noCache callBuild
+
+    hyperfine \
+        --warmup 2 \
+        --export-csv "$out/result.csv" \
+        --export-json "$out/result.json" \
+        --export-markdown "$out/result.md" \
+        --style basic \
+        --prepare '' "bash $0 noCache callBuild" \
+        --prepare 'rm -rf ~/.cache/nix/' "bash $0 coldCache callBuild" \
+        --prepare '' "bash $0 callBuild"
+}
+
+"$@"

boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff

@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/darwin_stop_world.c b/darwin_stop_world.c
-index 0468aaec..b348d869 100644
---- a/darwin_stop_world.c
-+++ b/darwin_stop_world.c
-@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ GC_INNER void GC_push_all_stacks(void)
-   int nthreads = 0;
-   word total_size = 0;
-   mach_msg_type_number_t listcount = (mach_msg_type_number_t)THREAD_TABLE_SZ;
-+  size_t stack_limit;
-   if (!EXPECT(GC_thr_initialized, TRUE))
-     GC_thr_init();
- 
-@@ -411,6 +412,19 @@ GC_INNER void GC_push_all_stacks(void)
-             GC_push_all_stack_sections(lo, hi, p->traced_stack_sect);
-           }
-           if (altstack_lo) {
-+            // When a thread goes into a coroutine, we lose its original sp until
-+            // control flow returns to the thread.
-+            // While in the coroutine, the sp points outside the thread stack,
-+            // so we can detect this and push the entire thread stack instead,
-+            // as an approximation.
-+            // We assume that the coroutine has similarly added its entire stack.
-+            // This could be made accurate by cooperating with the application
-+            // via new functions and/or callbacks.
-+            stack_limit = pthread_get_stacksize_np(p->id);
-+            if (altstack_lo >= altstack_hi || altstack_lo < altstack_hi - stack_limit) { // sp outside stack
-+              altstack_lo = altstack_hi - stack_limit;
-+            }
-+
-             total_size += altstack_hi - altstack_lo;
-             GC_push_all_stack(altstack_lo, altstack_hi);
-           }
-diff --git a/include/gc.h b/include/gc.h
-index edab6c22..f2c61282 100644
---- a/include/gc.h
-+++ b/include/gc.h
-@@ -2172,6 +2172,11 @@ GC_API void GC_CALL GC_win32_free_heap(void);
-         (*GC_amiga_allocwrapper_do)(a,GC_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page)
- #endif /* _AMIGA && !GC_AMIGA_MAKINGLIB */
- 
-+#if !__APPLE__
-+/* Patch doesn't work on apple */
-+#define NIX_BOEHM_PATCH_VERSION 1
-+#endif
-+
- #ifdef __cplusplus
-   } /* extern "C" */
- #endif
-diff --git a/pthread_stop_world.c b/pthread_stop_world.c
-index b5d71e62..aed7b0bf 100644
---- a/pthread_stop_world.c
-+++ b/pthread_stop_world.c
-@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ STATIC void GC_restart_handler(int sig)
- /* world is stopped.  Should not fail if it isn't.                      */
- GC_INNER void GC_push_all_stacks(void)
- {
-+    size_t stack_limit;
-+    pthread_attr_t pattr;
-     GC_bool found_me = FALSE;
-     size_t nthreads = 0;
-     int i;
-@@ -851,6 +853,31 @@ GC_INNER void GC_push_all_stacks(void)
-           hi = p->altstack + p->altstack_size;
-           /* FIXME: Need to scan the normal stack too, but how ? */
-           /* FIXME: Assume stack grows down */
-+        } else {
-+          if (pthread_getattr_np(p->id, &pattr)) {
-+            ABORT("GC_push_all_stacks: pthread_getattr_np failed!");
-+          }
-+          if (pthread_attr_getstacksize(&pattr, &stack_limit)) {
-+            ABORT("GC_push_all_stacks: pthread_attr_getstacksize failed!");
-+          }
-+          if (pthread_attr_destroy(&pattr)) {
-+            ABORT("GC_push_all_stacks: pthread_attr_destroy failed!");
-+          }
-+          // When a thread goes into a coroutine, we lose its original sp until
-+          // control flow returns to the thread.
-+          // While in the coroutine, the sp points outside the thread stack,
-+          // so we can detect this and push the entire thread stack instead,
-+          // as an approximation.
-+          // We assume that the coroutine has similarly added its entire stack.
-+          // This could be made accurate by cooperating with the application
-+          // via new functions and/or callbacks.
-+          #ifndef STACK_GROWS_UP
-+            if (lo >= hi || lo < hi - stack_limit) { // sp outside stack
-+              lo = hi - stack_limit;
-+            }
-+          #else
-+          #error "STACK_GROWS_UP not supported in boost_coroutine2 (as of june 2021), so we don't support it in Nix."
-+          #endif
-         }
-         GC_push_all_stack_sections(lo, hi, traced_stack_sect);
- #       ifdef STACK_GROWS_UP

configure.ac

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(system, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-system=SYSTEM],[Platform identifier (
         system="$machine_name-`echo $host_os | "$SED" -e's/@<:@0-9.@:>@*$//g'`";;
    esac])
 
+sys_name=$(uname -s | tr 'A-Z ' 'a-z_')
+
+case $sys_name in
+    cygwin*)
+        sys_name=cygwin
+        ;;
+esac
+
 AC_MSG_RESULT($system)
 AC_SUBST(system)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SYSTEM, ["$system"], [platform identifier ('cpu-os')])
@@ -41,6 +49,8 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SYSTEM, ["$system"], [platform identifier ('cpu-os')])
 test "$localstatedir" = '${prefix}/var' && localstatedir=/nix/var
 
 
+CFLAGS=
+CXXFLAGS=
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_CPP
@@ -53,12 +63,10 @@ AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 
 # Solaris-specific stuff.
 AC_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
-case "$host_os" in
-  solaris*)
+if test "$sys_name" = sunos; then
     # Solaris requires -lsocket -lnsl for network functions
-    LDFLAGS="-lsocket -lnsl $LDFLAGS"
-    ;;
-esac
+    LIBS="-lsocket -lnsl $LIBS"
+fi
 
 
 # Check for pubsetbuf.
@@ -142,33 +150,7 @@ int main() {
 }]])], GCC_ATOMIC_BUILTINS_NEED_LIBATOMIC=no, GCC_ATOMIC_BUILTINS_NEED_LIBATOMIC=yes)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($GCC_ATOMIC_BUILTINS_NEED_LIBATOMIC)
 if test "x$GCC_ATOMIC_BUILTINS_NEED_LIBATOMIC" = xyes; then
-    LDFLAGS="-latomic $LDFLAGS"
-fi
-
-# Building without tests is useful for bootstrapping with a smaller footprint
-# or running the tests in a separate derivation. Otherwise, we do compile and
-# run them.
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(tests, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-tests],[Do not build the tests]),
-  tests=$enableval, tests=yes)
-AC_SUBST(tests)
-
-# Building without API docs is the default as Nix' C++ interfaces are internal and unstable.
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(internal_api_docs, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-internal-api-docs],[Build API docs for Nix's internal unstable C++ interfaces]),
-  internal_api_docs=$enableval, internal_api_docs=no)
-AC_SUBST(internal_api_docs)
-
-# LTO is currently broken with clang for unknown reasons; ld segfaults in the llvm plugin
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(lto, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-lto],[Enable LTO (only supported with GCC) [default=no]]),
-  lto=$enableval, lto=no)
-if test "$lto" = yes; then
-    if $CXX --version | grep -q GCC; then
-        AC_SUBST(CXXLTO, [-flto=jobserver])
-    else
-        echo "error: LTO is only supported with GCC at the moment" >&2
-        exit 1
-    fi
-else
-    AC_SUBST(CXXLTO, [""])
+    LIBS="-latomic $LIBS"
 fi
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
@@ -184,10 +166,10 @@ fi
 
 # Look for OpenSSL, a required dependency. FIXME: this is only (maybe)
 # used by S3BinaryCacheStore.
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([OPENSSL], [libcrypto >= 1.1.1], [CXXFLAGS="$OPENSSL_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([OPENSSL], [libcrypto], [CXXFLAGS="$OPENSSL_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
 
 
-# Look for libarchive.
+# Checks for libarchive
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBARCHIVE], [libarchive >= 3.1.2], [CXXFLAGS="$LIBARCHIVE_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
 # Workaround until https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1446 is fixed
 if test "$shared" != yes; then
@@ -212,54 +194,44 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EDITLINE], [libeditline], [CXXFLAGS="$EDITLINE_CFLAGS $CXXFLA
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([Nix requires libeditline; it was not found via pkg-config, but via its header, but required functions do not work. Maybe it is too old? >= 1.14 is required.])])
 ])
 
-# Look for libsodium.
+# Look for libsodium, an optional dependency.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SODIUM], [libsodium], [CXXFLAGS="$SODIUM_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
 
 # Look for libbrotli{enc,dec}.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBBROTLI], [libbrotlienc libbrotlidec], [CXXFLAGS="$LIBBROTLI_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
 
 # Look for libcpuid.
-have_libcpuid=
 if test "$machine_name" = "x86_64"; then
-    AC_ARG_ENABLE([cpuid],
-                  AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-cpuid], [Do not determine microarchitecture levels with libcpuid (relevant to x86_64 only)]))
-    if test "x$enable_cpuid" != "xno"; then
-      PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBCPUID], [libcpuid],
-        [CXXFLAGS="$LIBCPUID_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
-         have_libcpuid=1
-         AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBCPUID], [1], [Use libcpuid])]
-      )
-    fi
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBCPUID], [libcpuid], [CXXFLAGS="$LIBCPUID_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
+  have_libcpuid=1
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBCPUID], [1], [Use libcpuid])
 fi
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_LIBCPUID, [$have_libcpuid])
 
 
 # Look for libseccomp, required for Linux sandboxing.
-case "$host_os" in
-  linux*)
-    AC_ARG_ENABLE([seccomp-sandboxing],
-                  AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-seccomp-sandboxing],[Don't build support for seccomp sandboxing (only recommended if your arch doesn't support libseccomp yet!)
-                                ]))
-    if test "x$enable_seccomp_sandboxing" != "xno"; then
-      PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSECCOMP], [libseccomp],
-                        [CXXFLAGS="$LIBSECCOMP_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
-      have_seccomp=1
-      AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SECCOMP], [1], [Whether seccomp is available and should be used for sandboxing.])
-    else
-      have_seccomp=
-    fi
-    ;;
-  *)
+if test "$sys_name" = linux; then
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE([seccomp-sandboxing],
+                AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-seccomp-sandboxing],[Don't build support for seccomp sandboxing (only recommended if your arch doesn't support libseccomp yet!)
+                              ]))
+  if test "x$enable_seccomp_sandboxing" != "xno"; then
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSECCOMP], [libseccomp],
+                      [CXXFLAGS="$LIBSECCOMP_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
+    have_seccomp=1
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SECCOMP], [1], [Whether seccomp is available and should be used for sandboxing.])
+  else
     have_seccomp=
-    ;;
-esac
+  fi
+else
+  have_seccomp=
+fi
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_SECCOMP, [$have_seccomp])
 
 
 # Look for aws-cpp-sdk-s3.
 AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([aws/s3/S3Client.h],
-  [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_S3], [1], [Whether to enable S3 support via aws-sdk-cpp.]) enable_s3=1],
+  [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_S3], [1], [Whether to enable S3 support via aws-sdk-cpp.]) enable_s3=1], 
   [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_S3], [0], [Whether to enable S3 support via aws-sdk-cpp.]) enable_s3=])
 AC_SUBST(ENABLE_S3, [$enable_s3])
 AC_LANG_POP(C++)
@@ -282,46 +254,15 @@ if test "$gc" = yes; then
 fi
 
 
-if test "$tests" = yes; then
-
 # Look for gtest.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTEST], [gtest_main])
 
 
-# Look for rapidcheck.
-AC_ARG_VAR([RAPIDCHECK_HEADERS], [include path of gtest headers shipped by RAPIDCHECK])
-# No pkg-config yet, https://github.com/emil-e/rapidcheck/issues/302
-AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
-AC_SUBST(RAPIDCHECK_HEADERS)
-[CXXFLAGS="-I $RAPIDCHECK_HEADERS $CXXFLAGS"]
-[LIBS="-lrapidcheck -lgtest $LIBS"]
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([rapidcheck/gtest.h], [], [], [#include <gtest/gtest.h>])
-dnl AC_CHECK_LIB doesn't work for C++ libs with mangled symbols
-AC_LINK_IFELSE([
-    AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-      #include <gtest/gtest.h>
-      #include <rapidcheck/gtest.h>
-    ]], [[
-      return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
-    ]])
-  ],
-  [],
-  [AC_MSG_ERROR([librapidcheck is not found.])])
-AC_LANG_POP(C++)
-
-fi
-
-# Look for nlohmann/json.
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NLOHMANN_JSON], [nlohmann_json >= 3.9])
-
-
 # documentation generation switch
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(doc-gen, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-doc-gen],[disable documentation generation]),
   doc_generate=$enableval, doc_generate=yes)
 AC_SUBST(doc_generate)
 
-# Look for lowdown library.
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LOWDOWN], [lowdown >= 0.9.0], [CXXFLAGS="$LOWDOWN_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
 
 # Setuid installations.
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setresuid setreuid lchown])
@@ -331,28 +272,16 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setresuid setreuid lchown])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strsignal posix_fallocate sysconf])
 
 
+# This is needed if bzip2 is a static library, and the Nix libraries
+# are dynamic.
+if test "$(uname)" = "Darwin"; then
+    LDFLAGS="-all_load $LDFLAGS"
+fi
+
+
 AC_ARG_WITH(sandbox-shell, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-sandbox-shell=PATH],[path of a statically-linked shell to use as /bin/sh in sandboxes]),
   sandbox_shell=$withval)
 AC_SUBST(sandbox_shell)
-if test ${cross_compiling:-no} = no && ! test -z ${sandbox_shell+x}; then
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether sandbox-shell has the standalone feature])
-  # busybox shell sometimes allows executing other busybox applets,
-  # even if they are not in the path, breaking our sandbox
-  if PATH= $sandbox_shell -c "busybox" 2>&1 | grep -qv "not found"; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(enabled)
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Please disable busybox FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE])
-  else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(disabled)
-  fi
-fi
-
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(embedded-sandbox-shell, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-embedded-sandbox-shell],[include the sandbox shell in the Nix binary [default=no]]),
-  embedded_sandbox_shell=$enableval, embedded_sandbox_shell=no)
-AC_SUBST(embedded_sandbox_shell)
-if test "$embedded_sandbox_shell" = yes; then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EMBEDDED_SANDBOX_SHELL, 1, [Include the sandbox shell in the Nix binary.])
-fi
-
 
 # Expand all variables in config.status.
 test "$prefix" = NONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix

default.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-(import
-  (
-    let lock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock); in
-    fetchTarball {
-      url = "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/${lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.rev}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.narHash;
-    }
-  )
-  { src = ./.; }
-).defaultNix
+(import (fetchTarball https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz) {
+  src = ./.;
+}).defaultNix

doc/internal-api/.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/doxygen.cfg
-/html
-/latex

doc/internal-api/doxygen.cfg.in

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Doxyfile 1.9.5
-
-# The PROJECT_NAME tag is a single word (or a sequence of words surrounded by
-# double-quotes, unless you are using Doxywizard) that should identify the
-# project for which the documentation is generated. This name is used in the
-# title of most generated pages and in a few other places.
-# The default value is: My Project.
-
-PROJECT_NAME           = "Nix"
-
-# The PROJECT_NUMBER tag can be used to enter a project or revision number. This
-# could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
-# control system is used.
-
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-
-# Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
-# for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
-# quick idea about the purpose of the project. Keep the description short.
-
-PROJECT_BRIEF          = "Nix, the purely functional package manager; unstable internal interfaces"
-
-# If the GENERATE_LATEX tag is set to YES, doxygen will generate LaTeX output.
-# The default value is: YES.
-
-GENERATE_LATEX         = NO
-
-# The INPUT tag is used to specify the files and/or directories that contain
-# documented source files. You may enter file names like myfile.cpp or
-# directories like /usr/src/myproject. Separate the files or directories with
-# spaces. See also FILE_PATTERNS and EXTENSION_MAPPING
-# Note: If this tag is empty the current directory is searched.
-
-# FIXME Make this list more maintainable somehow. We could maybe generate this
-# in the Makefile, but we would need to change how `.in` files are preprocessed
-# so they can expand variables despite configure variables.
-
-INPUT                  = \
-  src/libcmd \
-  src/libexpr \
-  src/libexpr/flake \
-  src/libexpr/tests \
-  src/libexpr/tests/value \
-  src/libexpr/value \
-  src/libfetchers \
-  src/libmain \
-  src/libstore \
-  src/libstore/build \
-  src/libstore/builtins \
-  src/libstore/tests \
-  src/libutil \
-  src/libutil/tests \
-  src/nix \
-  src/nix-env \
-  src/nix-store
-
-# The INCLUDE_PATH tag can be used to specify one or more directories that
-# contain include files that are not input files but should be processed by the
-# preprocessor. Note that the INCLUDE_PATH is not recursive, so the setting of
-# RECURSIVE has no effect here.
-# This tag requires that the tag SEARCH_INCLUDES is set to YES.
-
-INCLUDE_PATH           = @RAPIDCHECK_HEADERS@

doc/internal-api/local.mk

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: internal-api-html
-
-ifeq ($(internal_api_docs), yes)
-
-$(docdir)/internal-api/html/index.html $(docdir)/internal-api/latex: $(d)/doxygen.cfg
-	mkdir -p $(docdir)/internal-api
-	{ cat $< ; echo "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=$(docdir)/internal-api" ; } | doxygen -
-
-# Generate the HTML API docs for Nix's unstable internal interfaces.
-internal-api-html: $(docdir)/internal-api/html/index.html
-
-else
-
-# Make a nicer error message
-internal-api-html:
-	@echo "Internal API docs are disabled. Configure with '--enable-internal-api-docs', or avoid calling 'make internal-api-html'."
-	@exit 1
-
-endif

doc/manual/anchors.jq

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-"\\[\\]\\{#(?<anchor>[^\\}]+?)\\}" as $empty_anchor_regex |
-"\\[(?<text>[^\\]]+?)\\]\\{#(?<anchor>[^\\}]+?)\\}" as $anchor_regex |
-
-
-def transform_anchors_html:
-    . | gsub($empty_anchor_regex; "<a name=\"" + .anchor + "\"></a>")
-      | gsub($anchor_regex; "<a href=\"#" + .anchor + "\" id=\"" + .anchor + "\">" + .text + "</a>");
-
-
-def transform_anchors_strip:
-    . | gsub($empty_anchor_regex; "")
-      | gsub($anchor_regex; .text);
-
-
-def map_contents_recursively(transformer):
-    . + {
-        Chapter: (.Chapter + {
-            content: .Chapter.content | transformer,
-            sub_items: .Chapter.sub_items | map(map_contents_recursively(transformer)),
-        }),
-    };
-
-
-def process_command:
-    .[0] as $context |
-    .[1] as $body |
-    $body + {
-        sections: $body.sections | map(map_contents_recursively(if $context.renderer == "html" then transform_anchors_html else transform_anchors_strip end)),
-    };
-
-process_command

doc/manual/book.toml

@@ -1,21 +1,2 @@
-[book]
-title = "Nix Reference Manual"
-
 [output.html]
 additional-css = ["custom.css"]
-additional-js = ["redirects.js"]
-edit-url-template = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tree/master/doc/manual/{path}"
-git-repository-url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix"
-
-[preprocessor.anchors]
-renderers = ["html"]
-command = "jq --from-file doc/manual/anchors.jq"
-
-[output.linkcheck]
-# no Internet during the build (in the sandbox)
-follow-web-links = false
-
-# mdbook-linkcheck does not understand [foo]{#bar} style links, resulting in
-# excessive "Potential incomplete link" warnings. No other kind of warning was
-# produced at the time of writing.
-warning-policy = "ignore"

doc/manual/custom.css

@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ h1:not(:first-of-type) {
 h2 {
     margin-top: 1em;
 }
-
-.hljs-meta {
-    user-select: none;
-}

doc/manual/generate-builtins.nix

@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
-let
-  inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep attrNames;
-in
+with builtins;
+with import ./utils.nix;
 
-builtinsInfo:
-let
-  showBuiltin = name:
-    let
-      inherit (builtinsInfo.${name}) doc args;
-    in
-    ''
-      <dt id="builtins-${name}">
-        <a href="#builtins-${name}"><code>${name} ${listArgs args}</code></a>
-      </dt>
-      <dd>
+builtins:
 
-        ${doc}
-
-      </dd>
-    '';
-  listArgs = args: concatStringsSep " " (map (s: "<var>${s}</var>") args);
-in
-concatStringsSep "\n" (map showBuiltin (attrNames builtinsInfo))
+concatStrings (map
+  (name:
+    let builtin = builtins.${name}; in
+    "  - `builtins.${name}` " + concatStringsSep " " (map (s: "*${s}*") builtin.args)
+    + "  \n\n"
+    + concatStrings (map (s: "    ${s}\n") (splitLines builtin.doc)) + "\n\n"
+  )
+  (attrNames builtins))
 

doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix

@@ -1,152 +1,95 @@
-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
+command:
 
-commandDump:
+with builtins;
+with import ./utils.nix;
 
 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}
-      '';
-
-      maybeDocumentation = optionalString
-        (details ? doc)
-        (replaceStrings ["@stores@"] [storeDocs] details.doc);
-
-      maybeOptions = optionalString (details.flags != {}) ''
-        # Options
-
-        ${showOptions details.flags toplevel.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: "*${s}*") option.labels));
-            in trim ''
-              - `--${name}` ${shortName} ${labels}
-
-                ${option.description}
-            '';
-          categories = sort lessThan (unique (map (cmd: cmd.category) (attrValues allOptions)));
-        in concatStrings (map showCategory categories);
-    in squash result;
+  showCommand =
+    { command, def, filename }:
+    ''
+      **Warning**: This program is **experimental** and its interface is subject to change.
+    ''
+    + "# Name\n\n"
+    + "`${command}` - ${def.description}\n\n"
+    + "# Synopsis\n\n"
+    + showSynopsis { inherit command; args = def.args; }
+    + (if def.commands or {} != {}
+       then
+         let
+           categories = sort (x: y: x.id < y.id) (unique (map (cmd: cmd.category) (attrValues def.commands)));
+           listCommands = cmds:
+             concatStrings (map (name:
+               "* [`${command} ${name}`](./${appendName filename name}.md) - ${cmds.${name}.description}\n")
+               (attrNames cmds));
+         in
+         "where *subcommand* is one of the following:\n\n"
+         # FIXME: group by category
+         + (if length categories > 1
+            then
+              concatStrings (map
+                (cat:
+                  "**${toString cat.description}:**\n\n"
+                  + listCommands (filterAttrs (n: v: v.category == cat) def.commands)
+                  + "\n"
+                ) categories)
+              + "\n"
+            else
+              listCommands def.commands
+              + "\n")
+       else "")
+    + (if def ? doc
+       then def.doc + "\n\n"
+       else "")
+    + (let s = showOptions def.flags; in
+       if s != ""
+       then "# Options\n\n${s}"
+       else "")
+  ;
 
   appendName = filename: name: (if filename == "nix" then "nix3" else filename) + "-" + name;
 
-  processCommand = { command, details, filename, toplevel }:
+  showOptions = flags:
     let
-      cmd = {
-        inherit command;
-        name = filename + ".md";
-        value = showCommand { inherit command details filename toplevel; };
-      };
-      subcommand = subCmd: processCommand {
-        command = command + " " + subCmd;
-        details = details.commands.${subCmd};
-        filename = appendName filename subCmd;
-        inherit toplevel;
-      };
-    in [ cmd ] ++ concatMap subcommand (attrNames details.commands or {});
+      categories = sort builtins.lessThan (unique (map (cmd: cmd.category) (attrValues flags)));
+    in
+      concatStrings (map
+        (cat:
+          (if cat != ""
+           then "**${cat}:**\n\n"
+           else "")
+          + concatStrings
+            (map (longName:
+              let
+                flag = flags.${longName};
+              in
+                "  - `--${longName}`"
+                + (if flag ? shortName then " / `-${flag.shortName}`" else "")
+                + (if flag ? labels then " " + (concatStringsSep " " (map (s: "*${s}*") flag.labels)) else "")
+                + "  \n"
+                + "    " + flag.description + "\n\n"
+            ) (attrNames (filterAttrs (n: v: v.category == cat) flags))))
+        categories);
 
-  manpages = processCommand {
-    command = "nix";
-    details = commandInfo.args;
-    filename = "nix";
-    toplevel = commandInfo.args;
-  };
+  showSynopsis =
+    { command, args }:
+    "`${command}` [*option*...] ${concatStringsSep " "
+      (map (arg: "*${arg.label}*" + (if arg ? arity then "" else "...")) args)}\n\n";
 
-  tableOfContents = let
-    showEntry = page:
-      "    - [${page.command}](command-ref/new-cli/${page.name})";
-    in concatStringsSep "\n" (map showEntry manpages) + "\n";
+  processCommand = { command, def, filename }:
+    [ { name = filename + ".md"; value = showCommand { inherit command def filename; }; inherit command; } ]
+    ++ concatMap
+      (name: processCommand {
+        filename = appendName filename name;
+        command = command + " " + name;
+        def = def.commands.${name};
+      })
+      (attrNames def.commands or {});
 
-  storeDocs =
-    let
-      showStore = name: { settings, doc }:
-        ''
-          ## ${name}
+in
 
-          ${doc}
-
-          **Settings**:
-
-          ${showSettings { useAnchors = false; } settings}
-        '';
-    in concatStrings (attrValues (mapAttrs showStore commandInfo.stores));
-
-in (listToAttrs manpages) // { "SUMMARY.md" = tableOfContents; }
+let
+  manpages = processCommand { filename = "nix"; command = "nix"; def = command; };
+  summary = concatStrings (map (manpage: "    - [${manpage.command}](command-ref/new-cli/${manpage.name})\n") manpages);
+in
+(listToAttrs manpages) // { "SUMMARY.md" = summary; }

doc/manual/generate-options.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+with builtins;
+with import ./utils.nix;
+
+options:
+
+concatStrings (map
+  (name:
+    let option = options.${name}; in
+    "  - `${name}`  \n\n"
+    + concatStrings (map (s: "    ${s}\n") (splitLines option.description)) + "\n\n"
+    + "    **Default:** " + (
+      if option.value == "" || option.value == []
+      then "*empty*"
+      else if isBool option.value
+      then (if option.value then "`true`" else "`false`")
+      else
+        # n.b. a StringMap value type is specified as a string, but
+        # this shows the value type.  The empty stringmap is "null" in
+        # JSON, but that converts to "{ }" here.
+        (if isAttrs option.value then "`\"\"`"
+         else "`" + toString option.value + "`")) + "\n\n"
+    + (if option.aliases != []
+       then "    **Deprecated alias:** " + (concatStringsSep ", " (map (s: "`${s}`") option.aliases)) + "\n\n"
+       else "")
+    )
+  (attrNames options))

doc/manual/generate-xp-features-shortlist.nix

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-with builtins;
-with import ./utils.nix;
-
-let
-  showExperimentalFeature = name: doc:
-    ''
-      - [`${name}`](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-${name})
-    '';
-in xps: indent "  " (concatStrings (attrValues (mapAttrs showExperimentalFeature xps)))

doc/manual/generate-xp-features.nix

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-with builtins;
-with import ./utils.nix;
-
-let
-  showExperimentalFeature = name: doc:
-    squash ''
-      ## [`${name}`]{#xp-feature-${name}}
-
-      ${doc}
-    '';
-in xps: (concatStringsSep "\n" (attrValues (mapAttrs showExperimentalFeature xps)))

doc/manual/local.mk

@@ -1,137 +1,69 @@
 ifeq ($(doc_generate),yes)
 
-MANUAL_SRCS := \
-	$(call rwildcard, $(d)/src, *.md) \
-	$(call rwildcard, $(d)/src, */*.md)
+MANUAL_SRCS := $(call rwildcard, $(d)/src, *.md)
 
+# Generate man pages.
 man-pages := $(foreach n, \
-	nix-env.1 nix-store.1 \
-	nix-build.1 nix-shell.1 nix-instantiate.1 \
-	nix-collect-garbage.1 \
-	nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
-	nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
-	nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8 \
-	nix-profiles.5 \
-, $(d)/$(n))
-
-# man pages for subcommands
-# convert from `$(d)/src/command-ref/nix-{1}/{2}.md` to `$(d)/nix-{1}-{2}.1`
-# FIXME: unify with how nix3-cli man pages are generated
-man-pages += $(foreach subcommand, \
-	$(filter-out %opt-common.md %env-common.md, $(wildcard $(d)/src/command-ref/nix-*/*.md)), \
-	$(d)/$(subst /,-,$(subst $(d)/src/command-ref/,,$(subst .md,.1,$(subcommand)))))
+  nix-env.1 nix-build.1 nix-shell.1 nix-store.1 nix-instantiate.1 \
+  nix-collect-garbage.1 \
+  nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
+  nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
+  nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8, \
+  $(d)/$(n))
 
 clean-files += $(d)/*.1 $(d)/*.5 $(d)/*.8
 
 # Provide a dummy environment for nix, so that it will not access files outside the macOS sandbox.
-# Set cores to 0 because otherwise nix show-config resolves the cores based on the current machine
 dummy-env = env -i \
 	HOME=/dummy \
 	NIX_CONF_DIR=/dummy \
 	NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/dummy/no-ca-bundle.crt \
-	NIX_STATE_DIR=/dummy \
-	NIX_CONFIG='cores = 0'
+	NIX_STATE_DIR=/dummy
 
 nix-eval = $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix eval --experimental-features nix-command -I nix/corepkgs=corepkgs --store dummy:// --impure --raw
 
-# re-implement mdBook's include directive to make it usable for terminal output and for proper @docroot@ substitution
-define process-includes
-	while read -r line; do \
-		set -euo pipefail; \
-		filename="$$(dirname $(1))/$$(sed 's/{{#include \(.*\)}}/\1/'<<< $$line)"; \
-		test -f "$$filename" || ( echo "#include-d file '$$filename' does not exist." >&2; exit 1; ); \
-		matchline="$$(sed 's|/|\\/|g' <<< $$line)"; \
-		sed -i "/$$matchline/r $$filename" $(2); \
-		sed -i "s/$$matchline//" $(2); \
-	done < <(grep '{{#include' $(1))
-endef
-
-$(d)/nix-env-%.1: $(d)/src/command-ref/nix-env/%.md
-	@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$(subst nix-env-,nix-env --,$$(basename "$@" .1))" > $^.tmp
-	$(render-subcommand)
-
-$(d)/nix-store-%.1: $(d)/src/command-ref/nix-store/%.md
-	@printf -- 'Title: %s\n\n' "$(subst nix-store-,nix-store --,$$(basename "$@" .1))" > $^.tmp
-	$(render-subcommand)
-
-# FIXME: there surely is some more deduplication to be achieved here with even darker Make magic
-define render-subcommand
-  @cat $^ >> $^.tmp
-	@$(call process-includes,$^,$^.tmp)
-	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=1 $^.tmp -o $@
-	@# fix up `lowdown`'s automatic escaping of `--`
-	@# https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown/blob/edca6ce6d5336efb147321a43c47a698de41bb7c/entity.c#L202
-	@sed -i 's/\e\[u2013\]/--/' $@
-	@rm $^.tmp
-endef
-
-
 $(d)/%.1: $(d)/src/command-ref/%.md
 	@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .1)" > $^.tmp
 	@cat $^ >> $^.tmp
-	@$(call process-includes,$^,$^.tmp)
-	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=1 $^.tmp -o $@
+	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man -M section=1 $^.tmp -o $@
 	@rm $^.tmp
 
 $(d)/%.8: $(d)/src/command-ref/%.md
 	@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .8)" > $^.tmp
 	@cat $^ >> $^.tmp
-	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=8 $^.tmp -o $@
+	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man -M section=8 $^.tmp -o $@
 	@rm $^.tmp
 
 $(d)/nix.conf.5: $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md
 	@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .5)" > $^.tmp
 	@cat $^ >> $^.tmp
-	@$(call process-includes,$^,$^.tmp)
-	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
+	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
 	@rm $^.tmp
 
-$(d)/nix-profiles.5: $(d)/src/command-ref/files/profiles.md
-	@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .5)" > $^.tmp
-	@cat $^ >> $^.tmp
-	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
-	@rm $^.tmp
-
-$(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md
-	@cp $< $@
-	@$(call process-includes,$@,$@)
-
-$(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli: $(d)/nix.json $(d)/utils.nix $(d)/generate-manpage.nix $(bindir)/nix
-	@rm -rf $@ $@.tmp
-	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --write-to $@.tmp --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix (builtins.readFile $<)'
+$(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli
+	$(trace-gen) cat doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in | while IFS= read line; do if [[ $$line = @manpages@ ]]; then cat doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli/SUMMARY.md; else echo "$$line"; fi; done > $@.tmp
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
-$(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md: $(d)/conf-file.json $(d)/utils.nix $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md $(d)/src/command-ref/experimental-features-shortlist.md $(bindir)/nix
+$(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli: $(d)/nix.json $(d)/generate-manpage.nix $(bindir)/nix
+	@rm -rf $@
+	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --write-to $@ --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))'
+
+$(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md: $(d)/conf-file.json $(d)/generate-options.nix $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md $(bindir)/nix
 	@cat doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md > $@.tmp
-	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --expr '(import doc/manual/utils.nix).showSettings { useAnchors = true; } (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp;
+	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-options.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
 $(d)/nix.json: $(bindir)/nix
-	$(trace-gen) $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix __dump-cli > $@.tmp
+	$(trace-gen) $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix __dump-args > $@.tmp
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
 $(d)/conf-file.json: $(bindir)/nix
 	$(trace-gen) $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix show-config --json --experimental-features nix-command > $@.tmp
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
-$(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md: $(d)/xp-features.json $(d)/utils.nix $(d)/generate-xp-features.nix $(bindir)/nix
-	@rm -rf $@ $@.tmp
-	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --write-to $@.tmp --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-xp-features.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))'
-	@mv $@.tmp $@
-
-$(d)/src/command-ref/experimental-features-shortlist.md: $(d)/xp-features.json $(d)/utils.nix $(d)/generate-xp-features-shortlist.nix $(bindir)/nix
-	@rm -rf $@ $@.tmp
-	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --write-to $@.tmp --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-xp-features-shortlist.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))'
-	@mv $@.tmp $@
-
-$(d)/xp-features.json: $(bindir)/nix
-	$(trace-gen) $(dummy-env) NIX_PATH=nix/corepkgs=corepkgs $(bindir)/nix __dump-xp-features > $@.tmp
-	@mv $@.tmp $@
-
-$(d)/src/language/builtins.md: $(d)/builtins.json $(d)/generate-builtins.nix $(d)/src/language/builtins-prefix.md $(bindir)/nix
-	@cat doc/manual/src/language/builtins-prefix.md > $@.tmp
-	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-builtins.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp;
-	@cat doc/manual/src/language/builtins-suffix.md >> $@.tmp
+$(d)/src/expressions/builtins.md: $(d)/builtins.json $(d)/generate-builtins.nix $(d)/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md $(bindir)/nix
+	@cat doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md > $@.tmp
+	$(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-builtins.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
 $(d)/builtins.json: $(bindir)/nix
@@ -139,51 +71,20 @@ $(d)/builtins.json: $(bindir)/nix
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
 # Generate the HTML manual.
-.PHONY: manual-html
-manual-html: $(docdir)/manual/index.html
 install: $(docdir)/manual/index.html
 
 # Generate 'nix' manpages.
-install: $(mandir)/man1/nix3-manpages
-man: doc/manual/generated/man1/nix3-manpages
-all: doc/manual/generated/man1/nix3-manpages
-
-# FIXME: unify with how the other man pages are generated.
-# this one works differently and does not use any of the amenities provided by `/mk/lib.mk`.
-$(mandir)/man1/nix3-manpages: doc/manual/generated/man1/nix3-manpages
-	@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$$(dirname $@)
-	$(trace-install) install -m 0644 $$(dirname $<)/* $(DESTDIR)$$(dirname $@)
-
-doc/manual/generated/man1/nix3-manpages: $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli
-	@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$$(dirname $@)
+install: $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli
 	$(trace-gen) for i in doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli/*.md; do \
-		name=$$(basename $$i .md); \
-		tmpFile=$$(mktemp); \
-		if [[ $$name = SUMMARY ]]; then continue; fi; \
-		printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$name" > $$tmpFile; \
-		cat $$i >> $$tmpFile; \
-		lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=1 $$tmpFile -o $(DESTDIR)$$(dirname $@)/$$name.1; \
-		rm $$tmpFile; \
+	  name=$$(basename $$i .md); \
+	  if [[ $$name = SUMMARY ]]; then continue; fi; \
+	  printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$name" > $$i.tmp; \
+	  cat $$i >> $$i.tmp; \
+	  lowdown -sT man -M section=1 $$i.tmp -o $(mandir)/man1/$$name.1; \
 	done
-	@touch $@
 
-$(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/book.toml $(d)/anchors.jq $(d)/custom.css $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md $(d)/src/language/builtins.md
-	$(trace-gen) \
-		tmp="$$(mktemp -d)"; \
-		cp -r doc/manual "$$tmp"; \
-		find "$$tmp" -name '*.md' | while read -r file; do \
-			$(call process-includes,$$file,$$file); \
-		done; \
-		find "$$tmp" -name '*.md' | while read -r file; do \
-			docroot="$$(realpath --relative-to="$$(dirname "$$file")" $$tmp/manual/src)"; \
-			sed -i "s,@docroot@,$$docroot,g" "$$file"; \
-		done; \
-		set -euo pipefail; \
-		RUST_LOG=warn mdbook build "$$tmp/manual" -d $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/manual.tmp 2>&1 \
-			| { grep -Fv "because fragment resolution isn't implemented" || :; }; \
-		rm -rf "$$tmp/manual"
-	@rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/manual
-	@mv $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/manual.tmp/html $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/manual
-	@rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/manual.tmp
+$(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/book.toml $(d)/custom.css $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md $(d)/src/expressions/builtins.md
+	$(trace-gen) RUST_LOG=warn mdbook build doc/manual -d $(docdir)/manual
+	@cp doc/manual/highlight.pack.js $(docdir)/manual/highlight.js
 
 endif

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-    "sect-macos-installation-symlink": "installation/installing-binary.html#macos-installation",
-    "sect-multi-user-installation": "installation/installing-binary.html#multi-user-installation",
-    "sect-nix-install-binary-tarball": "installation/installing-binary.html#installing-from-a-binary-tarball",
-    "sect-nix-install-pinned-version-url": "installation/installing-binary.html#installing-a-pinned-nix-version-from-a-url",
-    "sect-single-user-installation": "installation/installing-binary.html#single-user-installation",
-    "ch-installing-source": "installation/installing-source.html",
-    "ssec-multi-user": "installation/multi-user.html",
-    "ch-nix-security": "installation/nix-security.html",
-    "sec-obtaining-source": "installation/obtaining-source.html",
-    "sec-prerequisites-source": "installation/prerequisites-source.html",
-    "sec-single-user": "installation/single-user.html",
-    "ch-supported-platforms": "installation/supported-platforms.html",
-    "ch-upgrading-nix": "installation/upgrading.html",
-    "ch-about-nix": "introduction.html",
-    "chap-introduction": "introduction.html",
-    "ch-basic-package-mgmt": "package-management/basic-package-mgmt.html",
-    "ssec-binary-cache-substituter": "package-management/binary-cache-substituter.html",
-    "sec-channels": "package-management/channels.html",
-    "ssec-copy-closure": "package-management/copy-closure.html",
-    "sec-garbage-collection": "package-management/garbage-collection.html",
-    "ssec-gc-roots": "package-management/garbage-collector-roots.html",
-    "chap-package-management": "package-management/package-management.html",
-    "sec-profiles": "package-management/profiles.html",
-    "ssec-s3-substituter": "package-management/s3-substituter.html",
-    "ssec-s3-substituter-anonymous-reads": "package-management/s3-substituter.html#anonymous-reads-to-your-s3-compatible-binary-cache",
-    "ssec-s3-substituter-authenticated-reads": "package-management/s3-substituter.html#authenticated-reads-to-your-s3-binary-cache",
-    "ssec-s3-substituter-authenticated-writes": "package-management/s3-substituter.html#authenticated-writes-to-your-s3-compatible-binary-cache",
-    "sec-sharing-packages": "package-management/sharing-packages.html",
-    "ssec-ssh-substituter": "package-management/ssh-substituter.html",
-    "chap-quick-start": "quick-start.html",
-    "sec-relnotes": "release-notes/release-notes.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.10.1": "release-notes/rl-0.10.1.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.10": "release-notes/rl-0.10.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-0.11": "release-notes/rl-0.11.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-0.12": "release-notes/rl-0.12.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-0.13": "release-notes/rl-0.13.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-0.14": "release-notes/rl-0.14.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-0.15": "release-notes/rl-0.15.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-0.16": "release-notes/rl-0.16.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.5": "release-notes/rl-0.5.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.6": "release-notes/rl-0.6.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.7": "release-notes/rl-0.7.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.8.1": "release-notes/rl-0.8.1.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.8": "release-notes/rl-0.8.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.9.1": "release-notes/rl-0.9.1.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.9.2": "release-notes/rl-0.9.2.html",
-    "ch-relnotes-0.9": "release-notes/rl-0.9.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.0": "release-notes/rl-1.0.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.1": "release-notes/rl-1.1.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.10": "release-notes/rl-1.10.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.11.10": "release-notes/rl-1.11.10.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.11": "release-notes/rl-1.11.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.2": "release-notes/rl-1.2.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.3": "release-notes/rl-1.3.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.4": "release-notes/rl-1.4.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.5.1": "release-notes/rl-1.5.1.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.5.2": "release-notes/rl-1.5.2.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.5": "release-notes/rl-1.5.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.6.1": "release-notes/rl-1.6.1.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.6.0": "release-notes/rl-1.6.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.7": "release-notes/rl-1.7.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.8": "release-notes/rl-1.8.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-1.9": "release-notes/rl-1.9.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-2.0": "release-notes/rl-2.0.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-2.1": "release-notes/rl-2.1.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-2.2": "release-notes/rl-2.2.html",
-    "ssec-relnotes-2.3": "release-notes/rl-2.3.html"
-  },
-  "language/values.html": {
-    "simple-values": "#primitives",
-    "lists": "#list",
-    "strings": "#string",
-    "lists": "#list",
-    "attribute-sets": "#attribute-set"
-  },
-  "installation/installing-binary.html": {
-    "uninstalling": "uninstall.html"
-  }
-};
-
-// the following code matches the current page's URL against the set of redirects.
-//
-// it is written to minimize the latency between page load and redirect.
-// therefore we avoid function calls, copying data, and unnecessary loops.
-// IMPORTANT: we use stateful array operations and their order matters!
-//
-// matching URLs is more involved than it should be:
-//
-// 1. `document.location.pathname` can have an arbitrary prefix.
-//
-// 2. `path_to_root` is set by mdBook. it consists only of `../`s and
-//    determines the depth of `<path>` relative to the prefix:
-//
-//          `document.location.pathname`
-//        |------------------------------|
-//        /<prefix>/<path>/[<file>[.html]][#<anchor>]
-//                  |----|
-//              `path_to_root` has same number of path segments
-//
-//    source: https://phaiax.github.io/mdBook/format/theme/index-hbs.html#data
-//
-// 3. the following paths are equivalent:
-//
-//        /foo/bar/
-//        /foo/bar/index.html
-//        /foo/bar/index
-//
-//  4. the following paths are also equivalent:
-//
-//        /foo/bar/baz
-//        /foo/bar/baz.html
-//
-
-let segments = document.location.pathname.split('/');
-
-let file = segments.pop();
-
-// normalize file name
-if (file === '') { file = "index.html"; }
-else if (!file.endsWith('.html')) { file = file + '.html'; }
-
-segments.push(file);
-
-// use `path_to_root` to discern prefix from path.
-const depth = path_to_root.split('/').length;
-
-// remove segments containing prefix. the following works because
-// 1. the original `document.location.pathname` is absolute,
-//    hence first element of `segments` is always empty.
-// 2. last element of splitting `path_to_root` is also always empty.
-// 3. last element of `segments` is the file name.
-//
-// visual example:
-//
-//     '/foo/bar/baz.html'.split('/') -> [ '', 'foo', 'bar', 'baz.html' ]
-//          '../'.split('/')          -> [ '..', '' ]
-//
-// the following operations will then result in
-//
-//     path = 'bar/baz.html'
-//
-segments.splice(0, segments.length - depth);
-const path = segments.join('/');
-
-// anchor starts with the hash character (`#`),
-// but our redirect declarations don't, so we strip it.
-// example:
-//     document.location.hash -> '#foo'
-//     document.location.hash.substring(1) -> 'foo'
-const anchor = document.location.hash.substring(1);
-
-const redirect = redirects[path];
-if (redirect) {
-  const target = redirect[anchor];
-  if (target) {
-    document.location.href = target;
-  }
-}

doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in

@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@
     - [Prerequisites](installation/prerequisites-source.md)
     - [Obtaining a Source Distribution](installation/obtaining-source.md)
     - [Building Nix from Source](installation/building-source.md)
-  - [Using Nix within Docker](installation/installing-docker.md)
   - [Security](installation/nix-security.md)
     - [Single-User Mode](installation/single-user.md)
     - [Multi-User Mode](installation/multi-user.md)
   - [Environment Variables](installation/env-variables.md)
   - [Upgrading Nix](installation/upgrading.md)
-  - [Uninstalling Nix](installation/uninstall.md)
 - [Package Management](package-management/package-management.md)
   - [Basic Package Management](package-management/basic-package-mgmt.md)
   - [Profiles](package-management/profiles.md)
@@ -27,15 +25,21 @@
     - [Copying Closures via SSH](package-management/copy-closure.md)
     - [Serving a Nix store via SSH](package-management/ssh-substituter.md)
     - [Serving a Nix store via S3](package-management/s3-substituter.md)
-- [Nix Language](language/index.md)
-  - [Data Types](language/values.md)
-  - [Language Constructs](language/constructs.md)
-    - [String interpolation](language/string-interpolation.md)
-  - [Operators](language/operators.md)
-  - [Derivations](language/derivations.md)
-    - [Advanced Attributes](language/advanced-attributes.md)
-  - [Built-in Constants](language/builtin-constants.md)
-  - [Built-in Functions](language/builtins.md)
+- [Writing Nix Expressions](expressions/writing-nix-expressions.md)
+  - [A Simple Nix Expression](expressions/simple-expression.md)
+    - [Expression Syntax](expressions/expression-syntax.md)
+    - [Build Script](expressions/build-script.md)
+    - [Arguments and Variables](expressions/arguments-variables.md)
+    - [Building and Testing](expressions/simple-building-testing.md)
+    - [Generic Builder Syntax](expressions/generic-builder.md)
+  - [Writing Nix Expressions](expressions/expression-language.md)
+    - [Values](expressions/language-values.md)
+    - [Language Constructs](expressions/language-constructs.md)
+    - [Operators](expressions/language-operators.md)
+    - [Derivations](expressions/derivations.md)
+      - [Advanced Attributes](expressions/advanced-attributes.md)
+    - [Built-in Constants](expressions/builtin-constants.md)
+    - [Built-in Functions](expressions/builtins.md)
 - [Advanced Topics](advanced-topics/advanced-topics.md)
   - [Remote Builds](advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md)
   - [Tuning Cores and Jobs](advanced-topics/cores-vs-jobs.md)
@@ -45,41 +49,10 @@
   - [Common Options](command-ref/opt-common.md)
   - [Common Environment Variables](command-ref/env-common.md)
   - [Main Commands](command-ref/main-commands.md)
+    - [nix-env](command-ref/nix-env.md)
     - [nix-build](command-ref/nix-build.md)
     - [nix-shell](command-ref/nix-shell.md)
     - [nix-store](command-ref/nix-store.md)
-      - [nix-store --add-fixed](command-ref/nix-store/add-fixed.md)
-      - [nix-store --add](command-ref/nix-store/add.md)
-      - [nix-store --delete](command-ref/nix-store/delete.md)
-      - [nix-store --dump-db](command-ref/nix-store/dump-db.md)
-      - [nix-store --dump](command-ref/nix-store/dump.md)
-      - [nix-store --export](command-ref/nix-store/export.md)
-      - [nix-store --gc](command-ref/nix-store/gc.md)
-      - [nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key](command-ref/nix-store/generate-binary-cache-key.md)
-      - [nix-store --import](command-ref/nix-store/import.md)
-      - [nix-store --load-db](command-ref/nix-store/load-db.md)
-      - [nix-store --optimise](command-ref/nix-store/optimise.md)
-      - [nix-store --print-env](command-ref/nix-store/print-env.md)
-      - [nix-store --query](command-ref/nix-store/query.md)
-      - [nix-store --read-log](command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md)
-      - [nix-store --realise](command-ref/nix-store/realise.md)
-      - [nix-store --repair-path](command-ref/nix-store/repair-path.md)
-      - [nix-store --restore](command-ref/nix-store/restore.md)
-      - [nix-store --serve](command-ref/nix-store/serve.md)
-      - [nix-store --verify-path](command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md)
-      - [nix-store --verify](command-ref/nix-store/verify.md)
-    - [nix-env](command-ref/nix-env.md)
-      - [nix-env --delete-generations](command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md)
-      - [nix-env --install](command-ref/nix-env/install.md)
-      - [nix-env --list-generations](command-ref/nix-env/list-generations.md)
-      - [nix-env --query](command-ref/nix-env/query.md)
-      - [nix-env --rollback](command-ref/nix-env/rollback.md)
-      - [nix-env --set-flag](command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md)
-      - [nix-env --set](command-ref/nix-env/set.md)
-      - [nix-env --switch-generation](command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md)
-      - [nix-env --switch-profile](command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md)
-      - [nix-env --uninstall](command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md)
-      - [nix-env --upgrade](command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md)
   - [Utilities](command-ref/utilities.md)
     - [nix-channel](command-ref/nix-channel.md)
     - [nix-collect-garbage](command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.md)
@@ -89,34 +62,14 @@
     - [nix-instantiate](command-ref/nix-instantiate.md)
     - [nix-prefetch-url](command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.md)
   - [Experimental Commands](command-ref/experimental-commands.md)
-{{#include ./command-ref/new-cli/SUMMARY.md}}
+@manpages@
   - [Files](command-ref/files.md)
     - [nix.conf](command-ref/conf-file.md)
-    - [Profiles](command-ref/files/profiles.md)
-      - [manifest.nix](command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md)
-      - [manifest.json](command-ref/files/manifest.json.md)
-    - [Channels](command-ref/files/channels.md)
-    - [Default Nix expression](command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md)
-- [Architecture](architecture/architecture.md)
 - [Glossary](glossary.md)
 - [Contributing](contributing/contributing.md)
   - [Hacking](contributing/hacking.md)
-  - [Experimental Features](contributing/experimental-features.md)
   - [CLI guideline](contributing/cli-guideline.md)
 - [Release Notes](release-notes/release-notes.md)
-  - [Release 2.16 (2023-05-31)](release-notes/rl-2.16.md)
-  - [Release 2.15 (2023-04-11)](release-notes/rl-2.15.md)
-  - [Release 2.14 (2023-02-28)](release-notes/rl-2.14.md)
-  - [Release 2.13 (2023-01-17)](release-notes/rl-2.13.md)
-  - [Release 2.12 (2022-12-06)](release-notes/rl-2.12.md)
-  - [Release 2.11 (2022-08-25)](release-notes/rl-2.11.md)
-  - [Release 2.10 (2022-07-11)](release-notes/rl-2.10.md)
-  - [Release 2.9 (2022-05-30)](release-notes/rl-2.9.md)
-  - [Release 2.8 (2022-04-19)](release-notes/rl-2.8.md)
-  - [Release 2.7 (2022-03-07)](release-notes/rl-2.7.md)
-  - [Release 2.6 (2022-01-24)](release-notes/rl-2.6.md)
-  - [Release 2.5 (2021-12-13)](release-notes/rl-2.5.md)
-  - [Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)](release-notes/rl-2.4.md)
   - [Release 2.3 (2019-09-04)](release-notes/rl-2.3.md)
   - [Release 2.2 (2019-01-11)](release-notes/rl-2.2.md)
   - [Release 2.1 (2018-09-02)](release-notes/rl-2.1.md)

doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/diff-hook.md

@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ If the build passes and is deterministic, Nix will exit with a status
 code of 0:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr stable
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A stable
 this derivation will be built:
   /nix/store/z98fasz2jqy9gs0xbvdj939p27jwda38-stable.drv
 building '/nix/store/z98fasz2jqy9gs0xbvdj939p27jwda38-stable.drv'...
 /nix/store/yyxlzw3vqaas7wfp04g0b1xg51f2czgq-stable
 
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr stable --check
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A stable --check
 checking outputs of '/nix/store/z98fasz2jqy9gs0xbvdj939p27jwda38-stable.drv'...
 /nix/store/yyxlzw3vqaas7wfp04g0b1xg51f2czgq-stable
 ```
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ If the build is not deterministic, Nix will exit with a status code of
 1:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr unstable
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A unstable
 this derivation will be built:
   /nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv
 building '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv'...
 /nix/store/krpqk0l9ib0ibi1d2w52z293zw455cap-unstable
 
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr unstable --check
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A unstable --check
 checking outputs of '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv'...
 error: derivation '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv' may
 not be deterministic: output '/nix/store/krpqk0l9ib0ibi1d2w52z293zw455cap-unstable' differs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Using `--check` with `--keep-failed` will cause Nix to keep the second
 build's output in a special, `.check` path:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix --attr unstable --check --keep-failed
+$ nix-build ./deterministic.nix -A unstable --check --keep-failed
 checking outputs of '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv'...
 note: keeping build directory '/tmp/nix-build-unstable.drv-0'
 error: derivation '/nix/store/cgl13lbj1w368r5z8gywipl1ifli7dhk-unstable.drv' may
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ In particular, notice the
 `/nix/store/krpqk0l9ib0ibi1d2w52z293zw455cap-unstable.check` output. Nix
 has copied the build results to that directory where you can examine it.
 
-> []{#check-dirs-are-unregistered} **Note**
+> **Note**
 > 
 > Check paths are not protected against garbage collection, and this
 > path will be deleted on the next garbage collection.
@@ -121,3 +121,37 @@ error:
     are not valid, so checking is not possible
 
 Run the build without `--check`, and then try with `--check` again.
+
+# Automatic and Optionally Enforced Determinism Verification
+
+Automatically verify every build at build time by executing the build
+multiple times.
+
+Setting `repeat` and `enforce-determinism` in your `nix.conf` permits
+the automated verification of every build Nix performs.
+
+The following configuration will run each build three times, and will
+require the build to be deterministic:
+
+    enforce-determinism = true
+    repeat = 2
+
+Setting `enforce-determinism` to false as in the following
+configuration will run the build multiple times, execute the build
+hook, but will allow the build to succeed even if it does not build
+reproducibly:
+
+    enforce-determinism = false
+    repeat = 1
+
+An example output of this configuration:
+
+```console
+$ nix-build ./test.nix -A unstable
+this derivation will be built:
+  /nix/store/ch6llwpr2h8c3jmnf3f2ghkhx59aa97f-unstable.drv
+building '/nix/store/ch6llwpr2h8c3jmnf3f2ghkhx59aa97f-unstable.drv' (round 1/2)...
+building '/nix/store/ch6llwpr2h8c3jmnf3f2ghkhx59aa97f-unstable.drv' (round 2/2)...
+output '/nix/store/6xg356v9gl03hpbbg8gws77n19qanh02-unstable' of '/nix/store/ch6llwpr2h8c3jmnf3f2ghkhx59aa97f-unstable.drv' differs from '/nix/store/6xg356v9gl03hpbbg8gws77n19qanh02-unstable.check' from previous round
+/nix/store/6xg356v9gl03hpbbg8gws77n19qanh02-unstable
+```

doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ machine is accessible via SSH and that it has Nix installed. You can
 test whether connecting to the remote Nix instance works, e.g.
 
 ```console
-$ nix store ping --store ssh://mac
+$ nix ping-store --store ssh://mac
 ```
 
 will try to connect to the machine named `mac`. It is possible to
 specify an SSH identity file as part of the remote store URI, e.g.
 
 ```console
-$ nix store ping --store ssh://mac?ssh-key=/home/alice/my-key
+$ nix ping-store --store ssh://mac?ssh-key=/home/alice/my-key
 ```
 
 Since builds should be non-interactive, the key should not have a
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ contains Nix.
 
 > **Warning**
 >
-> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to a user (not necessarily `root`) on the remote machine.
->
-> If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to access the remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix` when running a Nix command from the local machine.
+> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user
+> account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to the remote
+> machine. If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to
+> access to remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by
+> passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix`.
 
 The list of remote machines can be specified on the command line or in
 the Nix configuration file. The former is convenient for testing. For
@@ -51,8 +53,8 @@ example, the following command allows you to build a derivation for
 $ uname
 Linux
 
-$ nix build --impure \
-  --expr '(with import <nixpkgs> { system = "x86_64-darwin"; }; runCommand "foo" {} "uname > $out")' \
+$ nix build \
+  '(with import <nixpkgs> { system = "x86_64-darwin"; }; runCommand "foo" {} "uname > $out")' \
   --builders 'ssh://mac x86_64-darwin'
 [1/0/1 built, 0.0 MiB DL] building foo on ssh://mac
 
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ default, set it to `-`.
 7.  A comma-separated list of *mandatory features*. A machine will only
     be used to build a derivation if all of the machine’s mandatory
     features appear in the derivation’s `requiredSystemFeatures`
-    attribute.
+    attribute..
 
 8.  The (base64-encoded) public host key of the remote machine. If omitted, SSH
     will use its regular known-hosts file. Specifically, the field is calculated

doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.md

@@ -33,17 +33,12 @@ distribute the public key for verifying the authenticity of the paths.
 example-nix-cache-1:1/cKDz3QCCOmwcztD2eV6Coggp6rqc9DGjWv7C0G+rM=
 ```
 
-Then update [`nix.conf`](../command-ref/conf-file.md) on any machine that will access the cache.
-Add the cache URL to [`substituters`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-substituters) and the public key to [`trusted-public-keys`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-trusted-public-keys):
+Then, add the public key and the cache URL to your `nix.conf`'s
+`trusted-public-keys` and `substituters` options:
 
     substituters = https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://example-nix-cache
     trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= example-nix-cache-1:1/cKDz3QCCOmwcztD2eV6Coggp6rqc9DGjWv7C0G+rM=
 
-Machines that build for the cache must sign derivations using the private key.
-On those machines, add the path to the key file to the [`secret-key-files`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-secret-key-files) field in their [`nix.conf`](../command-ref/conf-file.md):
-
-    secret-key-files = /etc/nix/key.private
-
 We will restart the Nix daemon in a later step.
 
 # Implementing the build hook
@@ -57,12 +52,14 @@ set -eu
 set -f # disable globbing
 export IFS=' '
 
+echo "Signing paths" $OUT_PATHS
+nix store sign --key-file /etc/nix/key.private $OUT_PATHS
 echo "Uploading paths" $OUT_PATHS
-exec nix copy --to "s3://example-nix-cache" $OUT_PATHS
+exec nix copy --to 's3://example-nix-cache' $OUT_PATHS
 ```
 
 > **Note**
->
+> 
 > The `$OUT_PATHS` variable is a space-separated list of Nix store
 > paths. In this case, we expect and want the shell to perform word
 > splitting to make each output path its own argument to `nix
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ Then, restart the `nix-daemon`.
 Build any derivation, for example:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).writeText "example" (builtins.toString builtins.currentTime)'
+$ nix-build -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).writeText "example" (builtins.toString builtins.currentTime)'
 this derivation will be built:
   /nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv
 building '/nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv'...

doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md

@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-# Architecture
-
-This chapter describes how Nix works.
-It should help users understand why Nix behaves as it does, and it should help developers understand how to modify Nix and how to write similar tools.
-
-## Overview
-
-Nix consists of [hierarchical layers].
-
-[hierarchical layers]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_architecture#Layers
-
-The following [concept map] shows its main components (rectangles), the objects they operate on (rounded rectangles), and their interactions (connecting phrases):
-
-[concept map]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map
-
-```
-
-   .----------------.
-   | Nix expression |----------.
-   '----------------'          |
-           |              passed to
-           |                   |
-+----------|-------------------|--------------------------------+
-| Nix      |                   V                                |
-|          |      +-------------------------+                   |
-|          |      | commmand line interface |------.            |
-|          |      +-------------------------+      |            |
-|          |                   |                   |            |
-|    evaluated by            calls              manages         |
-|          |                   |                   |            |
-|          |                   V                   |            |
-|          |         +--------------------+        |            |
-|          '-------->| language evaluator |        |            |
-|                    +--------------------+        |            |
-|                              |                   |            |
-|                           produces               |            |
-|                              |                   V            |
-| +----------------------------|------------------------------+ |
-| | store                      |                              | |
-| |            referenced by   V       builds                 | |
-| | .-------------.      .------------.      .--------------. | |
-| | | build input |----->| build plan |----->| build result | | |
-| | '-------------'      '------------'      '--------------' | |
-| +-------------------------------------------------|---------+ |
-+---------------------------------------------------|-----------+
-                                                    |
-                                              represented as
-                                                    |
-                                                    V
-                                            .---------------.
-                                            |     file      |
-                                            '---------------'
-```
-
-At the top is the [command line interface](../command-ref/command-ref.md) that drives the underlying layers.
-
-The [Nix language](../language/index.md) evaluator transforms Nix expressions into self-contained *build plans*, which are used to derive *build results* from referenced *build inputs*.
-
-The command line interface and Nix expressions are what users deal with most.
-
-> **Note**
-> The Nix language itself does not have a notion of *packages* or *configurations*.
-> As far as we are concerned here, the inputs and results of a build plan are just data.
-
-Underlying the command line interface and the Nix language evaluator is the [Nix store](../glossary.md#gloss-store), a mechanism to keep track of build plans, data, and references between them.
-It can also execute build plans to produce new data, which are made available to the operating system as files.
-
-A build plan itself is a series of *build tasks*, together with their build inputs.
-
-> **Important**
-> A build task in Nix is called [derivation](../glossary.md#gloss-derivation).
-
-Each build task has a special build input executed as *build instructions* in order to perform the build.
-The result of a build task can be input to another build task.
-
-The following [data flow diagram] shows a build plan for illustration.
-Build inputs used as instructions to a build task are marked accordingly:
-
-[data flow diagram]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-flow_diagram
-
-```
-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| build plan                                                         |
-|                                                                    |
-| .-------------.                                                    |
-| | build input |---------.                                          |
-| '-------------'         |                                          |
-|                    instructions                                    |
-|                         |                                          |
-|                         v                                          |
-| .-------------.    .----------.                                    |
-| | build input |-->( build task )-------.                           |
-| '-------------'    '----------'        |                           |
-|                                  instructions                      |
-|                                        |                           |
-|                                        v                           |
-| .-------------.                  .----------.     .--------------. |
-| | build input |---------.       ( build task )--->| build result | |
-| '-------------'         |        '----------'     '--------------' |
-|                    instructions        ^                           |
-|                         |              |                           |
-|                         v              |                           |
-| .-------------.    .----------.        |                           |
-| | build input |-->( build task )-------'                           |
-| '-------------'    '----------'                                    |
-|                         ^                                          |
-|                         |                                          |
-|                         |                                          |
-| .-------------.         |                                          |
-| | build input |---------'                                          |
-| '-------------'                                                    |
-|                                                                    |
-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md

@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ By default Nix reads settings from the following places:
     will be loaded in reverse order.
 
     Otherwise it will look for `nix/nix.conf` files in `XDG_CONFIG_DIRS`
-    and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`. If unset, `XDG_CONFIG_DIRS` defaults to
-    `/etc/xdg`, and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME/.config`
-    as per [XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html).
+    and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`. If these are unset, it will look in
+    `$HOME/.config/nix.conf`.
 
   - If `NIX_CONFIG` is set, its contents is treated as the contents of
     a configuration file.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md

@@ -2,29 +2,45 @@
 
 Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
 
-  - <span id="env-IN_NIX_SHELL">[`IN_NIX_SHELL`](#env-IN_NIX_SHELL)</span>\
+  - `IN_NIX_SHELL`\
     Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by
-    `nix-shell`. It can have the values `pure` or `impure`.
+    `nix-shell`. Since Nix 2.0 the values are `"pure"` and `"impure"`
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_PATH">[`NIX_PATH`](#env-NIX_PATH)</span>\
-    A colon-separated list of directories used to look up the location of Nix
-    expressions using [paths](@docroot@/language/values.md#type-path)
-    enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`),
-    e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the
-    [`-I` option](@docroot@/command-ref/opt-common.md#opt-I).
+  - `NIX_PATH`\
+    A colon-separated list of directories used to look up Nix
+    expressions enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`). For
+    instance, the value
+    
+        /home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos
+    
+    will cause Nix to look for paths relative to `/home/eelco/Dev` and
+    `/etc/nixos`, in this order. It is also possible to match paths
+    against a prefix. For example, the value
+    
+        nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch:/etc/nixos
+    
+    will cause Nix to search for `<nixpkgs/path>` in
+    `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch/path` and `/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/path`.
+    
+    If a path in the Nix search path starts with `http://` or
+    `https://`, it is interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be
+    downloaded and unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must
+    consist of a single top-level directory. For example, setting
+    `NIX_PATH` to
+    
+        nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-15.09.tar.gz
+    
+    tells Nix to download the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS 15.09
+    channel.
+    
+    A following shorthand can be used to refer to the official channels:
+    
+        nixpkgs=channel:nixos-15.09
+    
+    The search path can be extended using the `-I` option, which takes
+    precedence over `NIX_PATH`.
 
-    If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Nix will fall back to the following list in [impure](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval) and [unrestricted](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval) evaluation mode:
-
-      1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels`
-      2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`
-      3. `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels`
-
-    If `NIX_PATH` is set to an empty string, resolving search paths will always fail.
-    For example, attempting to use `<nixpkgs>` will produce:
-
-        error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path
-
-  - <span id="env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE">[`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`](#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE)</span>\
+  - `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`\
     Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not
     allowed to contain any symlink components. This is to prevent
     “impure” builds. Builders sometimes “canonicalise” paths by
@@ -34,7 +50,7 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
     builds are deployed to machines where `/nix/store` resolves
     differently. If you are sure that you’re not going to do that, you
     can set `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE` to `1`.
-
+    
     Note that if you’re symlinking the Nix store so that you can put it
     on another file system than the root file system, on Linux you’re
     better off using `bind` mount points, e.g.,
@@ -43,82 +59,62 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
     $ mkdir /nix
     $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix
     ```
-
+    
     Consult the mount 8 manual page for details.
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_STORE_DIR">[`NIX_STORE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STORE_DIR)</span>\
+  - `NIX_STORE_DIR`\
     Overrides the location of the Nix store (default `prefix/store`).
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_DATA_DIR">[`NIX_DATA_DIR`](#env-NIX_DATA_DIR)</span>\
+  - `NIX_DATA_DIR`\
     Overrides the location of the Nix static data directory (default
     `prefix/share`).
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_LOG_DIR">[`NIX_LOG_DIR`](#env-NIX_LOG_DIR)</span>\
+  - `NIX_LOG_DIR`\
     Overrides the location of the Nix log directory (default
     `prefix/var/log/nix`).
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_STATE_DIR">[`NIX_STATE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STATE_DIR)</span>\
+  - `NIX_STATE_DIR`\
     Overrides the location of the Nix state directory (default
     `prefix/var/nix`).
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_CONF_DIR">[`NIX_CONF_DIR`](#env-NIX_CONF_DIR)</span>\
+  - `NIX_CONF_DIR`\
     Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration directory
     (default `prefix/etc/nix`).
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_CONFIG">[`NIX_CONFIG`](#env-NIX_CONFIG)</span>\
+  - `NIX_CONFIG`\
     Applies settings from Nix configuration from the environment.
     The content is treated as if it was read from a Nix configuration file.
     Settings are separated by the newline character.
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES">[`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES)</span>\
-    Overrides the location of the Nix user configuration files to load from.
+  - `NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`\
+    Overrides the location of the user Nix configuration files to load
+    from (defaults to the XDG spec locations). The variable is treated
+    as a list separated by the `:` token.
 
-    The default are the locations according to the [XDG Base Directory Specification].
-    See the [XDG Base Directories](#xdg-base-directories) sub-section for details.
-
-    The variable is treated as a list separated by the `:` token.
-
-  - <span id="env-TMPDIR">[`TMPDIR`](#env-TMPDIR)</span>\
+  - `TMPDIR`\
     Use the specified directory to store temporary files. In particular,
     this includes temporary build directories; these can take up
     substantial amounts of disk space. The default is `/tmp`.
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_REMOTE">[`NIX_REMOTE`](#env-NIX_REMOTE)</span>\
+  - `NIX_REMOTE`\
     This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Nix
     daemon to execute Nix operations. This is necessary in [multi-user
-    Nix installations](@docroot@/installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix
+    Nix installations](../installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix
     daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path, this variable
     should be set to `unix://path/to/socket`. Otherwise, it should be
     left unset.
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_SHOW_STATS">[`NIX_SHOW_STATS`](#env-NIX_SHOW_STATS)</span>\
+  - `NIX_SHOW_STATS`\
     If set to `1`, Nix will print some evaluation statistics, such as
     the number of values allocated.
 
-  - <span id="env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS">[`NIX_COUNT_CALLS`](#env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS)</span>\
+  - `NIX_COUNT_CALLS`\
     If set to `1`, Nix will print how often functions were called during
     Nix expression evaluation. This is useful for profiling your Nix
     expressions.
 
-  - <span id="env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE">[`GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`](#env-GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE)</span>\
+  - `GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`\
     If Nix has been configured to use the Boehm garbage collector, this
     variable sets the initial size of the heap in bytes. It defaults to
     384 MiB. Setting it to a low value reduces memory consumption, but
     will increase runtime due to the overhead of garbage collection.
-
-## XDG Base Directories
-
-Nix follows the [XDG Base Directory Specification].
-
-For backwards compatibility, Nix commands will follow the standard only when [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is enabled.
-[New Nix commands](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix.md) (experimental) conform to the standard by default.
-
-The following environment variables are used to determine locations of various state and configuration files:
-
-- [`XDG_CONFIG_HOME`]{#env-XDG_CONFIG_HOME} (default `~/.config`)
-- [`XDG_STATE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_STATE_HOME} (default `~/.local/state`)
-- [`XDG_CACHE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_CACHE_HOME} (default `~/.cache`)
-
-
-[XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
-[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories

doc/manual/src/command-ref/experimental-commands.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Experimental Commands
 
-This section lists [experimental commands](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-nix-command).
+This section lists experimental commands.
 
 > **Warning**
 >

doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/channels.md

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-## Channels
-
-A directory containing symlinks to Nix channels, managed by [`nix-channel`]:
-
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/channels` for regular users
-- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels` for `root`
-
-[`nix-channel`] uses a [profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/profiles.md) to store channels.
-This profile contains symlinks to the contents of those channels.
-
-## Subscribed channels
-
-The list of subscribed channels is stored in
-
-- `~/.nix-channels`
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`
-
-in the following format:
-
-```
-<url> <name>
-...
-```
-
-[`nix-channel`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-channel.md
-[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories

doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-## Default Nix expression
-
-The source for the default [Nix expressions](@docroot@/language/index.md) used by [`nix-env`]:
-
-- `~/.nix-defexpr`
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/defexpr` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
-
-It is loaded as follows:
-
-- If the default expression is a file, it is loaded as a Nix expression.
-- If the default expression is a directory containing a `default.nix` file, that `default.nix` file is loaded as a Nix expression.
-- If the default expression is a directory without a `default.nix` file, then its contents (both files and subdirectories) are loaded as Nix expressions.
-  The expressions are combined into a single attribute set, each expression under an attribute with the same name as the original file or subdirectory.
-  Subdirectories without a `default.nix` file are traversed recursively in search of more Nix expressions, but the names of these intermediate directories are not added to the attribute paths of the default Nix expression.
-
-Then, the resulting expression is interpreted like this:
-
-- If the expression is an attribute set, it is used as the default Nix expression.
-- If the expression is a function, an empty set is passed as argument and the return value is used as the default Nix expression.
-
-
-For example, if the default expression contains two files, `foo.nix` and `bar.nix`, then the default Nix expression will be equivalent to
-
-```nix
-{
-  foo = import ~/.nix-defexpr/foo.nix;
-  bar = import ~/.nix-defexpr/bar.nix;
-}
-```
-
-The file [`manifest.nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md) is always ignored.
-
-The command [`nix-channel`] places a symlink to the user's current [channels profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/channels.md) in this directory.
-This makes all subscribed channels available as attributes in the default expression.
-
-## User channel link
-
-A symlink that ensures that [`nix-env`] can find your channels:
-
-- `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/defexpr/channels` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
-
-This symlink points to:
-
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/profiles/channels` for regular users
-- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels` for `root`
-
-In a multi-user installation, you may also have `~/.nix-defexpr/channels_root`, which links to the channels of the root user.[`nix-env`]: ../nix-env.md
-
-[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
-[`nix-channel`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-channel.md
-[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories

doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/manifest.json.md

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-## `manifest.json`
-
-The manifest file records the provenance of the packages that are installed in a [profile](./profiles.md) managed by [`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) (experimental).
-
-Here is an example of what the file might look like after installing `zoom-us` from Nixpkgs:
-
-```json
-{
-  "version": 1,
-  "elements": [
-    {
-      "active": true,
-      "attrPath": "legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.zoom-us",
-      "originalUrl": "flake:nixpkgs",
-      "storePaths": [
-        "/nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927"
-      ],
-      "uri": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/13d0c311e3ae923a00f734b43fd1d35b47d8943a"
-    },
-    …
-  ]
-}
-```
-
-Each object in the array `elements` denotes an installed package and
-has the following fields:
-
-* `originalUrl`: The [flake reference](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md) specified by
-  the user at the time of installation (e.g. `nixpkgs`). This is also
-  the flake reference that will be used by `nix profile upgrade`.
-
-* `uri`: The locked flake reference to which `originalUrl` resolved.
-
-* `attrPath`: The flake output attribute that provided this
-  package. Note that this is not necessarily the attribute that the
-  user specified, but the one resulting from applying the default
-  attribute paths and prefixes; for instance, `hello` might resolve to
-  `packages.x86_64-linux.hello` and the empty string to
-  `packages.x86_64-linux.default`.
-
-* `storePath`: The paths in the Nix store containing the package.
-
-* `active`: Whether the profile contains symlinks to the files of this
-  package. If set to false, the package is kept in the Nix store, but
-  is not "visible" in the profile's symlink tree.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md

@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-## `manifest.nix`
-
-The manifest file records the provenance of the packages that are installed in a [profile](./profiles.md) managed by [`nix-env`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md).
-
-Here is an example of how this file might look like after installing `hello` from Nixpkgs:
-
-```nix
-[{
-  meta = {
-    available = true;
-    broken = false;
-    changelog =
-      "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hello.git/plain/NEWS?h=v2.12.1";
-    description = "A program that produces a familiar, friendly greeting";
-    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/";
-    insecure = false;
-    license = {
-      deprecated = false;
-      free = true;
-      fullName = "GNU General Public License v3.0 or later";
-      redistributable = true;
-      shortName = "gpl3Plus";
-      spdxId = "GPL-3.0-or-later";
-      url = "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html";
-    };
-    longDescription = ''
-      GNU Hello is a program that prints "Hello, world!" when you run it.
-      It is fully customizable.
-    '';
-    maintainers = [{
-      email = "edolstra+nixpkgs@gmail.com";
-      github = "edolstra";
-      githubId = 1148549;
-      name = "Eelco Dolstra";
-    }];
-    name = "hello-2.12.1";
-    outputsToInstall = [ "out" ];
-    platforms = [
-      "i686-cygwin"
-      "x86_64-cygwin"
-      "x86_64-darwin"
-      "i686-darwin"
-      "aarch64-darwin"
-      "armv7a-darwin"
-      "i686-freebsd13"
-      "x86_64-freebsd13"
-      "aarch64-genode"
-      "i686-genode"
-      "x86_64-genode"
-      "x86_64-solaris"
-      "js-ghcjs"
-      "aarch64-linux"
-      "armv5tel-linux"
-      "armv6l-linux"
-      "armv7a-linux"
-      "armv7l-linux"
-      "i686-linux"
-      "m68k-linux"
-      "microblaze-linux"
-      "microblazeel-linux"
-      "mipsel-linux"
-      "mips64el-linux"
-      "powerpc64-linux"
-      "powerpc64le-linux"
-      "riscv32-linux"
-      "riscv64-linux"
-      "s390-linux"
-      "s390x-linux"
-      "x86_64-linux"
-      "mmix-mmixware"
-      "aarch64-netbsd"
-      "armv6l-netbsd"
-      "armv7a-netbsd"
-      "armv7l-netbsd"
-      "i686-netbsd"
-      "m68k-netbsd"
-      "mipsel-netbsd"
-      "powerpc-netbsd"
-      "riscv32-netbsd"
-      "riscv64-netbsd"
-      "x86_64-netbsd"
-      "aarch64_be-none"
-      "aarch64-none"
-      "arm-none"
-      "armv6l-none"
-      "avr-none"
-      "i686-none"
-      "microblaze-none"
-      "microblazeel-none"
-      "msp430-none"
-      "or1k-none"
-      "m68k-none"
-      "powerpc-none"
-      "powerpcle-none"
-      "riscv32-none"
-      "riscv64-none"
-      "rx-none"
-      "s390-none"
-      "s390x-none"
-      "vc4-none"
-      "x86_64-none"
-      "i686-openbsd"
-      "x86_64-openbsd"
-      "x86_64-redox"
-      "wasm64-wasi"
-      "wasm32-wasi"
-      "x86_64-windows"
-      "i686-windows"
-    ];
-    position =
-      "/nix/store/7niq32w715567hbph0q13m5lqna64c1s-nixos-unstable.tar.gz/nixos-unstable.tar.gz/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix:34";
-    unfree = false;
-    unsupported = false;
-  };
-  name = "hello-2.12.1";
-  out = {
-    outPath = "/nix/store/260q5867crm1xjs4khgqpl6vr9kywql1-hello-2.12.1";
-  };
-  outPath = "/nix/store/260q5867crm1xjs4khgqpl6vr9kywql1-hello-2.12.1";
-  outputs = [ "out" ];
-  system = "x86_64-linux";
-  type = "derivation";
-}]
-```
-
-Each element in this list corresponds to an installed package.
-It incorporates some attributes of the original derivation, including `meta`, `name`, `out`, `outPath`, `outputs`, `system`.
-This information is used by Nix for querying and updating the package.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/profiles.md

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-## Profiles
-
-A directory that contains links to profiles managed by [`nix-env`] and [`nix profile`]:
-
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles` for regular users
-- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root` if the user is `root`
-
-A profile is a directory of symlinks to files in the Nix store.
-
-### Filesystem layout
-
-Profiles are versioned as follows. When using a profile named *path*, *path* is a symlink to *path*`-`*N*`-link`, where *N* is the version of the profile.
-In turn, *path*`-`*N*`-link` is a symlink to a path in the Nix store.
-For example:
-
-```console
-$ ls -l ~alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile*
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 14 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile -> profile-7-link
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 28 16:18 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-5-link -> /nix/store/q69xad13ghpf7ir87h0b2gd28lafjj1j-profile
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 29 13:20 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-6-link -> /nix/store/6bvhpysd7vwz7k3b0pndn7ifi5xr32dg-profile
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link -> /nix/store/mp0x6xnsg0b8qhswy6riqvimai4gm677-profile
-```
-
-Each of these symlinks is a root for the Nix garbage collector.
-
-The contents of the store path corresponding to each version of the
-profile is a tree of symlinks to the files of the installed packages,
-e.g.
-
-```console
-$ ll -R ~eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/
-/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/:
-total 20
-dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 bin
--r--r--r-- 2 root root 1402 Jan  1  1970 manifest.nix
-dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 share
-
-/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/bin:
-total 20
-lrwxrwxrwx 5 root root 79 Jan  1  1970 chromium -> /nix/store/ijm5k0zqisvkdwjkc77mb9qzb35xfi4m-chromium-86.0.4240.111/bin/chromium
-lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 87 Jan  1  1970 spotify -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/bin/spotify
-lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 79 Jan  1  1970 zoom-us -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/bin/zoom-us
-
-/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/share/applications:
-total 12
-lrwxrwxrwx 4 root root 120 Jan  1  1970 chromium-browser.desktop -> /nix/store/4cf803y4vzfm3gyk3vzhzb2327v0kl8a-chromium-unwrapped-86.0.4240.111/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
-lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 110 Jan  1  1970 spotify.desktop -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/share/applications/spotify.desktop
-lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 107 Jan  1  1970 us.zoom.Zoom.desktop -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/share/applications/us.zoom.Zoom.desktop
-
-…
-```
-
-Each profile version contains a manifest file:
-- [`manifest.nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md) used by [`nix-env`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md).
-- [`manifest.json`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.json.md) used by [`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) (experimental).
-
-## User profile link
-
-A symbolic link to the user's current profile:
-
-- `~/.nix-profile`
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
-
-By default, this symlink points to:
-
-- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile` for regular users
-- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/profile` for `root`
-
-The `PATH` environment variable should include `/bin` subdirectory of the profile link (e.g. `~/.nix-profile/bin`) for the user environment to be visible to the user.
-The [installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md) sets this up by default, unless you enable [`use-xdg-base-directories`].
-
-[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
-[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
-[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md

@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
   [`--dry-run`]
   [{`--out-link` | `-o`} *outlink*]
 
-# Disambiguation
-
-This man page describes the command `nix-build`, which is distinct from `nix
-build`. For documentation on the latter, run `nix build --help` or see `man
-nix3-build`.
-
 # Description
 
 The `nix-build` command builds the derivations described by the Nix
@@ -37,12 +31,10 @@ directory containing at least a file named `default.nix`.
 
 `nix-build` is essentially a wrapper around
 [`nix-instantiate`](nix-instantiate.md) (to translate a high-level Nix
-expression to a low-level [store derivation]) and [`nix-store
---realise`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md) (to build the store
+expression to a low-level store derivation) and [`nix-store
+--realise`](nix-store.md#operation---realise) (to build the store
 derivation).
 
-[store derivation]: ../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
-
 > **Warning**
 >
 > The result of the build is automatically registered as a root of the
@@ -51,32 +43,29 @@ derivation).
 
 # Options
 
-All options not listed here are passed to `nix-store --realise`,
-except for `--arg` and `--attr` / `-A` which are passed to `nix-instantiate`.
-
-  - <span id="opt-no-out-link">[`--no-out-link`](#opt-no-out-link)<span>
+All options not listed here are passed to `nix-store
+--realise`, except for `--arg` and `--attr` / `-A` which are passed to
+`nix-instantiate`.
 
+  - `--no-out-link`\
     Do not create a symlink to the output path. Note that as a result
     the output does not become a root of the garbage collector, and so
-    might be deleted by `nix-store --gc`.
-
-  - <span id="opt-dry-run">[`--dry-run`](#opt-dry-run)</span>
+    might be deleted by `nix-store
+                    --gc`.
 
+  - `--dry-run`\
     Show what store paths would be built or downloaded.
 
-  - <span id="opt-out-link">[`--out-link`](#opt-out-link)</span> / `-o` *outlink*
-
+  - `--out-link` / `-o` *outlink*\
     Change the name of the symlink to the output path created from
     `result` to *outlink*.
 
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+The following common options are supported:
 
 # Examples
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr firefox
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A firefox
 store derivation is /nix/store/qybprl8sz2lc...-firefox-1.5.0.7.drv
 /nix/store/d18hyl92g30l...-firefox-1.5.0.7
 
@@ -91,7 +80,7 @@ If a derivation has multiple outputs, `nix-build` will build the default
 (first) output. You can also build all outputs:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr openssl.all
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.all
 ```
 
 This will create a symlink for each output named `result-outputname`.
@@ -101,7 +90,7 @@ outputs `out`, `bin` and `man`, `nix-build` will create symlinks
 specific output:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr openssl.man
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.man
 ```
 
 This will create a symlink `result-man`.
@@ -109,7 +98,7 @@ This will create a symlink `result-man`.
 Build a Nix expression given on the command line:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "foo" { } "echo bar > $out"'
+$ nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "foo" { } "echo bar > $out"'
 $ cat ./result
 bar
 ```
@@ -118,5 +107,5 @@ Build the GNU Hello package from the latest revision of the master
 branch of Nixpkgs:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz --attr hello
+$ nix-build https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -A hello
 ```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md

@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ This command has the following operations:
     channels. If *name* is omitted, it defaults to the last component of
     *url*, with the suffixes `-stable` or `-unstable` removed.
 
-    A channel URL must point to a directory containing a file `nixexprs.tar.gz`.
-    At the top level, that tarball must contain a single directory with a `default.nix` file that serves as the channel’s entry point.
-
   - `--remove` *name*\
     Removes the channel named *name* from the list of subscribed
     channels.
@@ -48,16 +45,6 @@ Note that `--add` does not automatically perform an update.
 
 The list of subscribed channels is stored in `~/.nix-channels`.
 
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-# Files
-
-`nix-channel` operates on the following files.
-
-{{#include ./files/channels.md}}
-
 # Examples
 
 To subscribe to the Nixpkgs channel and install the GNU Hello package:
@@ -65,18 +52,45 @@ To subscribe to the Nixpkgs channel and install the GNU Hello package:
 ```console
 $ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
 $ nix-channel --update
-$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.hello
+$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.hello
 ```
 
 You can revert channel updates using `--rollback`:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
 "14.04.527.0e935f1"
 
 $ nix-channel --rollback
 switching from generation 483 to 482
 
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
 "14.04.526.dbadfad"
 ```
+
+# Files
+
+  - `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/username/channels`\
+    `nix-channel` uses a `nix-env` profile to keep track of previous
+    versions of the subscribed channels. Every time you run `nix-channel
+    --update`, a new channel generation (that is, a symlink to the
+    channel Nix expressions in the Nix store) is created. This enables
+    `nix-channel --rollback` to revert to previous versions.
+
+  - `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`\
+    This is a symlink to
+    `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/username/channels`. It ensures that
+    `nix-env` can find your channels. In a multi-user installation, you
+    may also have `~/.nix-defexpr/channels_root`, which links to the
+    channels of the root user.
+
+# Channel format
+
+A channel URL should point to a directory containing the following
+files:
+
+  - `nixexprs.tar.xz`\
+    A tarball containing Nix expressions and files referenced by them
+    (such as build scripts and patches). At the top level, the tarball
+    should contain a single directory. That directory must contain a
+    file `default.nix` that serves as the channel’s “entry point”.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Description
 
 The command `nix-collect-garbage` is mostly an alias of [`nix-store
---gc`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/gc.md), that is, it deletes all
+--gc`](nix-store.md#operation---gc), that is, it deletes all
 unreachable paths in the Nix store to clean up your system. However,
 it provides two additional options: `-d` (`--delete-old`), which
 deletes all old generations of all profiles in `/nix/var/nix/profiles`
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ and `--delete-older-than` *period*, where period is a value such as
 of days in all profiles in `/nix/var/nix/profiles` (except for the
 generations that were active at that point in time).
 
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
 # Example
 
 To delete from the Nix store everything that is not used by the current

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Since `nix-copy-closure` calls `ssh`, you may be asked to type in the
 appropriate password or passphrase.  In fact, you may be asked _twice_
 because `nix-copy-closure` currently connects twice to the remote
 machine, first to get the set of paths missing on the target machine,
-and second to send the dump of those paths.  When using public key
-authentication, you can avoid typing the passphrase with `ssh-agent`.
+and second to send the dump of those paths.  If this bothers you, use
+`ssh-agent`.
 
 # Options
 
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ authentication, you can avoid typing the passphrase with `ssh-agent`.
     Enable compression of the SSH connection.
 
   - `--include-outputs`\
-    Also copy the outputs of [store derivation]s included in the closure.
-
-    [store derivation]: ../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
+    Also copy the outputs of store derivations included in the closure.
 
   - `--use-substitutes` / `-s`\
     Attempt to download missing paths on the target machine using Nix’s
@@ -63,16 +61,12 @@ authentication, you can avoid typing the passphrase with `ssh-agent`.
   - `-v`\
     Show verbose output.
 
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
 # Environment variables
 
   - `NIX_SSHOPTS`\
     Additional options to be passed to `ssh` on the command
     line.
 
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
 # Examples
 
 Copy Firefox with all its dependencies to a remote machine:
@@ -87,5 +81,5 @@ environment:
 ```console
 $ nix-copy-closure --from alice@itchy.labs \
     /nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
-$ nix-env --install /nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
+$ nix-env -i /nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
 ```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-daemon.md

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
 # Description
 
-The Nix daemon is necessary in multi-user Nix installations. It runs
-build tasks and other operations on the Nix store on behalf of
+The Nix daemon is necessary in multi-user Nix installations. It performs
+build actions and other operations on the Nix store on behalf of
 unprivileged users.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md

@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 
 # Synopsis
 
-`nix-env` *operation* [*options*] [*arguments…*]
+`nix-env`
   [`--option` *name* *value*]
   [`--arg` *name* *value*]
   [`--argstr` *name* *value*]
   [{`--file` | `-f`} *path*]
-  [{`--profile` | `-p`} *path*]
+  [{`--profile` | `-p`} *path(]
   [`--system-filter` *system*]
   [`--dry-run`]
+  *operation* [*options…*] [*arguments…*]
 
 # Description
 
@@ -23,36 +24,14 @@ environments: different users can have different environments, and
 individual users can switch between different environments.
 
 `nix-env` takes exactly one *operation* flag which indicates the
-subcommand to be performed. The following operations are available:
-
-- [`--install`](./nix-env/install.md)
-- [`--upgrade`](./nix-env/upgrade.md)
-- [`--uninstall`](./nix-env/uninstall.md)
-- [`--set`](./nix-env/set.md)
-- [`--set-flag`](./nix-env/set-flag.md)
-- [`--query`](./nix-env/query.md)
-- [`--switch-profile`](./nix-env/switch-profile.md)
-- [`--list-generations`](./nix-env/list-generations.md)
-- [`--delete-generations`](./nix-env/delete-generations.md)
-- [`--switch-generation`](./nix-env/switch-generation.md)
-- [`--rollback`](./nix-env/rollback.md)
-
-These pages can be viewed offline:
-
-- `man nix-env-<operation>`.
-
-  Example: `man nix-env-install`
-
-- `nix-env --help --<operation>`
-
-  Example: `nix-env --help --install`
+subcommand to be performed. These are documented below.
 
 # Selectors
 
-Several commands, such as `nix-env --query ` and `nix-env --install `, take a list of
+Several commands, such as `nix-env -q` and `nix-env -i`, take a list of
 arguments that specify the packages on which to operate. These are
 extended regular expressions that must match the entire name of the
-package. (For details on regular expressions, see **regex**(7).) The match is
+package. (For details on regular expressions, see regex7.) The match is
 case-sensitive. The regular expression can optionally be followed by a
 dash and a version number; if omitted, any version of the package will
 match. Here are some examples:
@@ -81,10 +60,821 @@ match. Here are some examples:
     Matches any package name containing the strings `firefox` or
     `chromium`.
 
+# Common options
+
+This section lists the options that are common to all operations. These
+options are allowed for every subcommand, though they may not always
+have an effect.
+
+  - `--file` / `-f` *path*\
+    Specifies the Nix expression (designated below as the *active Nix
+    expression*) used by the `--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query
+    --available` operations to obtain derivations. The default is
+    `~/.nix-defexpr`.
+
+    If the argument starts with `http://` or `https://`, it is
+    interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and
+    unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must include a single
+    top-level directory containing at least a file named `default.nix`.
+
+  - `--profile` / `-p` *path*\
+    Specifies the profile to be used by those operations that operate on
+    a profile (designated below as the *active profile*). A profile is a
+    sequence of user environments called *generations*, one of which is
+    the *current generation*.
+
+  - `--dry-run`\
+    For the `--install`, `--upgrade`, `--uninstall`,
+    `--switch-generation`, `--delete-generations` and `--rollback`
+    operations, this flag will cause `nix-env` to print what *would* be
+    done if this flag had not been specified, without actually doing it.
+
+    `--dry-run` also prints out which paths will be
+    [substituted](../glossary.md) (i.e., downloaded) and which paths
+    will be built from source (because no substitute is available).
+
+  - `--system-filter` *system*\
+    By default, operations such as `--query
+                    --available` show derivations matching any platform. This option
+    allows you to use derivations for the specified platform *system*.
+
+<!-- end list -->
+
 # Files
 
-`nix-env` operates on the following files.
+  - `~/.nix-defexpr`\
+    The source for the default Nix expressions used by the
+    `--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query --available` operations to
+    obtain derivations. The `--file` option may be used to override
+    this default.
 
-{{#include ./files/default-nix-expression.md}}
+    If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a file, it is loaded as a Nix expression. If
+    the expression is a set, it is used as the default Nix expression.
+    If the expression is a function, an empty set is passed as argument
+    and the return value is used as the default Nix expression.
 
-{{#include ./files/profiles.md}}
+    If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a directory containing a `default.nix` file,
+    that file is loaded as in the above paragraph.
+
+    If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a directory without a `default.nix` file,
+    then its contents (both files and subdirectories) are loaded as Nix
+    expressions. The expressions are combined into a single set, each
+    expression under an attribute with the same name as the original
+    file or subdirectory.
+
+    For example, if `~/.nix-defexpr` contains two files, `foo.nix` and
+    `bar.nix`, then the default Nix expression will essentially be
+
+    ```nix
+    {
+      foo = import ~/.nix-defexpr/foo.nix;
+      bar = import ~/.nix-defexpr/bar.nix;
+    }
+    ```
+
+    The file `manifest.nix` is always ignored. Subdirectories without a
+    `default.nix` file are traversed recursively in search of more Nix
+    expressions, but the names of these intermediate directories are not
+    added to the attribute paths of the default Nix expression.
+
+    The command `nix-channel` places symlinks to the downloaded Nix
+    expressions from each subscribed channel in this directory.
+
+  - `~/.nix-profile`\
+    A symbolic link to the user's current profile. By default, this
+    symlink points to `prefix/var/nix/profiles/default`. The `PATH`
+    environment variable should include `~/.nix-profile/bin` for the
+    user environment to be visible to the user.
+
+# Operation `--install`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--install` | `-i`} *args…*
+  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
+  [{`--attr` | `-A`}]
+  [`--from-expression`] [`-E`]
+  [`--from-profile` *path*]
+  [`--preserve-installed` | `-P`]
+  [`--remove-all` | `-r`]
+
+## Description
+
+The install operation creates a new user environment, based on the
+current generation of the active profile, to which a set of store paths
+described by *args* is added. The arguments *args* map to store paths in
+a number of possible ways:
+
+  - By default, *args* is a set of derivation names denoting derivations
+    in the active Nix expression. These are realised, and the resulting
+    output paths are installed. Currently installed derivations with a
+    name equal to the name of a derivation being added are removed
+    unless the option `--preserve-installed` is specified.
+
+    If there are multiple derivations matching a name in *args* that
+    have the same name (e.g., `gcc-3.3.6` and `gcc-4.1.1`), then the
+    derivation with the highest *priority* is used. A derivation can
+    define a priority by declaring the `meta.priority` attribute. This
+    attribute should be a number, with a higher value denoting a lower
+    priority. The default priority is `0`.
+
+    If there are multiple matching derivations with the same priority,
+    then the derivation with the highest version will be installed.
+
+    You can force the installation of multiple derivations with the same
+    name by being specific about the versions. For instance, `nix-env -i
+    gcc-3.3.6 gcc-4.1.1` will install both version of GCC (and will
+    probably cause a user environment conflict\!).
+
+  - If `--attr` (`-A`) is specified, the arguments are *attribute
+    paths* that select attributes from the top-level Nix
+    expression. This is faster than using derivation names and
+    unambiguous. To find out the attribute paths of available
+    packages, use `nix-env -qaP`.
+
+  - If `--from-profile` *path* is given, *args* is a set of names
+    denoting installed store paths in the profile *path*. This is an
+    easy way to copy user environment elements from one profile to
+    another.
+
+  - If `--from-expression` is given, *args* are Nix
+    [functions](../expressions/language-constructs.md#functions)
+    that are called with the active Nix expression as their single
+    argument. The derivations returned by those function calls are
+    installed. This allows derivations to be specified in an
+    unambiguous way, which is necessary if there are multiple
+    derivations with the same name.
+
+  - If *args* are store derivations, then these are
+    [realised](nix-store.md#operation---realise), and the resulting output paths
+    are installed.
+
+  - If *args* are store paths that are not store derivations, then these
+    are [realised](nix-store.md#operation---realise) and installed.
+
+  - By default all outputs are installed for each derivation. That can
+    be reduced by setting `meta.outputsToInstall`.
+
+## Flags
+
+  - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b`\
+    Use only derivations for which a substitute is registered, i.e.,
+    there is a pre-built binary available that can be downloaded in lieu
+    of building the derivation. Thus, no packages will be built from
+    source.
+
+  - `--preserve-installed`; `-P`\
+    Do not remove derivations with a name matching one of the
+    derivations being installed. Usually, trying to have two versions of
+    the same package installed in the same generation of a profile will
+    lead to an error in building the generation, due to file name
+    clashes between the two versions. However, this is not the case for
+    all packages.
+
+  - `--remove-all`; `-r`\
+    Remove all previously installed packages first. This is equivalent
+    to running `nix-env -e '.*'` first, except that everything happens
+    in a single transaction.
+
+## Examples
+
+To install a specific version of `gcc` from the active Nix expression:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --install gcc-3.3.2
+installing `gcc-3.3.2'
+uninstalling `gcc-3.1'
+```
+
+Note the previously installed version is removed, since
+`--preserve-installed` was not specified.
+
+To install an arbitrary version:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --install gcc
+installing `gcc-3.3.2'
+```
+
+To install using a specific attribute:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -i -A gcc40mips
+$ nix-env -i -A xorg.xorgserver
+```
+
+To install all derivations in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f ~/foo.nix -i '.*'
+```
+
+To copy the store path with symbolic name `gcc` from another profile:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -i --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/foo gcc
+```
+
+To install a specific store derivation (typically created by
+`nix-instantiate`):
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -i /nix/store/fibjb1bfbpm5mrsxc4mh2d8n37sxh91i-gcc-3.4.3.drv
+```
+
+To install a specific output path:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -i /nix/store/y3cgx0xj1p4iv9x0pnnmdhr8iyg741vk-gcc-3.4.3
+```
+
+To install from a Nix expression specified on the command-line:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f ./foo.nix -i -E \
+    'f: (f {system = "i686-linux";}).subversionWithJava'
+```
+
+I.e., this evaluates to `(f: (f {system =
+"i686-linux";}).subversionWithJava) (import ./foo.nix)`, thus selecting
+the `subversionWithJava` attribute from the set returned by calling the
+function defined in `./foo.nix`.
+
+A dry-run tells you which paths will be downloaded or built from source:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA hello --dry-run
+(dry run; not doing anything)
+installing ‘hello-2.10’
+this path will be fetched (0.04 MiB download, 0.19 MiB unpacked):
+  /nix/store/wkhdf9jinag5750mqlax6z2zbwhqb76n-hello-2.10
+  ...
+```
+
+To install Firefox from the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS 14.12
+channel:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz -iA firefox
+```
+
+# Operation `--upgrade`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--upgrade` | `-u`} *args*
+  [`--lt` | `--leq` | `--eq` | `--always`]
+  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
+  [{`--attr` | `-A`}]
+  [`--from-expression`] [`-E`]
+  [`--from-profile` *path*]
+  [`--preserve-installed` | `-P`]
+
+## Description
+
+The upgrade operation creates a new user environment, based on the
+current generation of the active profile, in which all store paths are
+replaced for which there are newer versions in the set of paths
+described by *args*. Paths for which there are no newer versions are
+left untouched; this is not an error. It is also not an error if an
+element of *args* matches no installed derivations.
+
+For a description of how *args* is mapped to a set of store paths, see
+[`--install`](#operation---install). If *args* describes multiple
+store paths with the same symbolic name, only the one with the highest
+version is installed.
+
+## Flags
+
+  - `--lt`\
+    Only upgrade a derivation to newer versions. This is the default.
+
+  - `--leq`\
+    In addition to upgrading to newer versions, also “upgrade” to
+    derivations that have the same version. Version are not a unique
+    identification of a derivation, so there may be many derivations
+    that have the same version. This flag may be useful to force
+    “synchronisation” between the installed and available derivations.
+
+  - `--eq`\
+    *Only* “upgrade” to derivations that have the same version. This may
+    not seem very useful, but it actually is, e.g., when there is a new
+    release of Nixpkgs and you want to replace installed applications
+    with the same versions built against newer dependencies (to reduce
+    the number of dependencies floating around on your system).
+
+  - `--always`\
+    In addition to upgrading to newer versions, also “upgrade” to
+    derivations that have the same or a lower version. I.e., derivations
+    may actually be downgraded depending on what is available in the
+    active Nix expression.
+
+For the other flags, see `--install`.
+
+## Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --upgrade gcc
+upgrading `gcc-3.3.1' to `gcc-3.4'
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -u gcc-3.3.2 --always (switch to a specific version)
+upgrading `gcc-3.4' to `gcc-3.3.2'
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --upgrade pan
+(no upgrades available, so nothing happens)
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -u (try to upgrade everything)
+upgrading `hello-2.1.2' to `hello-2.1.3'
+upgrading `mozilla-1.2' to `mozilla-1.4'
+```
+
+## Versions
+
+The upgrade operation determines whether a derivation `y` is an upgrade
+of a derivation `x` by looking at their respective `name` attributes.
+The names (e.g., `gcc-3.3.1` are split into two parts: the package name
+(`gcc`), and the version (`3.3.1`). The version part starts after the
+first dash not followed by a letter. `x` is considered an upgrade of `y`
+if their package names match, and the version of `y` is higher that that
+of `x`.
+
+The versions are compared by splitting them into contiguous components
+of numbers and letters. E.g., `3.3.1pre5` is split into `[3, 3, 1,
+"pre", 5]`. These lists are then compared lexicographically (from left
+to right). Corresponding components `a` and `b` are compared as follows.
+If they are both numbers, integer comparison is used. If `a` is an empty
+string and `b` is a number, `a` is considered less than `b`. The special
+string component `pre` (for *pre-release*) is considered to be less than
+other components. String components are considered less than number
+components. Otherwise, they are compared lexicographically (i.e., using
+case-sensitive string comparison).
+
+This is illustrated by the following examples:
+
+    1.0 < 2.3
+    2.1 < 2.3
+    2.3 = 2.3
+    2.5 > 2.3
+    3.1 > 2.3
+    2.3.1 > 2.3
+    2.3.1 > 2.3a
+    2.3pre1 < 2.3
+    2.3pre3 < 2.3pre12
+    2.3a < 2.3c
+    2.3pre1 < 2.3c
+    2.3pre1 < 2.3q
+
+# Operation `--uninstall`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--uninstall` | `-e`} *drvnames…*
+
+## Description
+
+The uninstall operation creates a new user environment, based on the
+current generation of the active profile, from which the store paths
+designated by the symbolic names *drvnames* are removed.
+
+## Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --uninstall gcc
+$ nix-env -e '.*' (remove everything)
+```
+
+# Operation `--set`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--set` *drvname*
+
+## Description
+
+The `--set` operation modifies the current generation of a profile so
+that it contains exactly the specified derivation, and nothing else.
+
+## Examples
+
+The following updates a profile such that its current generation will
+contain just Firefox:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox
+```
+
+# Operation `--set-flag`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--set-flag` *name* *value* *drvnames*
+
+## Description
+
+The `--set-flag` operation allows meta attributes of installed packages
+to be modified. There are several attributes that can be usefully
+modified, because they affect the behaviour of `nix-env` or the user
+environment build script:
+
+  - `priority` can be changed to resolve filename clashes. The user
+    environment build script uses the `meta.priority` attribute of
+    derivations to resolve filename collisions between packages. Lower
+    priority values denote a higher priority. For instance, the GCC
+    wrapper package and the Binutils package in Nixpkgs both have a file
+    `bin/ld`, so previously if you tried to install both you would get a
+    collision. Now, on the other hand, the GCC wrapper declares a higher
+    priority than Binutils, so the former’s `bin/ld` is symlinked in the
+    user environment.
+
+  - `keep` can be set to `true` to prevent the package from being
+    upgraded or replaced. This is useful if you want to hang on to an
+    older version of a package.
+
+  - `active` can be set to `false` to “disable” the package. That is, no
+    symlinks will be generated to the files of the package, but it
+    remains part of the profile (so it won’t be garbage-collected). It
+    can be set back to `true` to re-enable the package.
+
+## Examples
+
+To prevent the currently installed Firefox from being upgraded:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --set-flag keep true firefox
+```
+
+After this, `nix-env -u` will ignore Firefox.
+
+To disable the currently installed Firefox, then install a new Firefox
+while the old remains part of the profile:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -q
+firefox-2.0.0.9 (the current one)
+
+$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
+installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
+building path(s) `/nix/store/myy0y59q3ig70dgq37jqwg1j0rsapzsl-user-environment'
+collision between `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
+  and `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.9/bin/firefox'.
+(i.e., can’t have two active at the same time)
+
+$ nix-env --set-flag active false firefox
+setting flag on `firefox-2.0.0.9'
+
+$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
+installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
+
+$ nix-env -q
+firefox-2.0.0.11 (the enabled one)
+firefox-2.0.0.9 (the disabled one)
+```
+
+To make files from `binutils` take precedence over files from `gcc`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --set-flag priority 5 binutils
+$ nix-env --set-flag priority 10 gcc
+```
+
+# Operation `--query`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--query` | `-q`} *names…*
+  [`--installed` | `--available` | `-a`]
+  [{`--status` | `-s`}]
+  [{`--attr-path` | `-P`}]
+  [`--no-name`]
+  [{`--compare-versions` | `-c`}]
+  [`--system`]
+  [`--drv-path`]
+  [`--out-path`]
+  [`--description`]
+  [`--meta`]
+  [`--xml`]
+  [`--json`]
+  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
+  [{`--attr` | `-A`} *attribute-path*]
+
+## Description
+
+The query operation displays information about either the store paths
+that are installed in the current generation of the active profile
+(`--installed`), or the derivations that are available for installation
+in the active Nix expression (`--available`). It only prints information
+about derivations whose symbolic name matches one of *names*.
+
+The derivations are sorted by their `name` attributes.
+
+## Source selection
+
+The following flags specify the set of things on which the query
+operates.
+
+  - `--installed`\
+    The query operates on the store paths that are installed in the
+    current generation of the active profile. This is the default.
+
+  - `--available`; `-a`\
+    The query operates on the derivations that are available in the
+    active Nix expression.
+
+## Queries
+
+The following flags specify what information to display about the
+selected derivations. Multiple flags may be specified, in which case the
+information is shown in the order given here. Note that the name of the
+derivation is shown unless `--no-name` is specified.
+
+  - `--xml`\
+    Print the result in an XML representation suitable for automatic
+    processing by other tools. The root element is called `items`, which
+    contains a `item` element for each available or installed
+    derivation. The fields discussed below are all stored in attributes
+    of the `item` elements.
+
+  - `--json`\
+    Print the result in a JSON representation suitable for automatic
+    processing by other tools.
+
+  - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b`\
+    Show only derivations for which a substitute is registered, i.e.,
+    there is a pre-built binary available that can be downloaded in lieu
+    of building the derivation. Thus, this shows all packages that
+    probably can be installed quickly.
+
+  - `--status`; `-s`\
+    Print the *status* of the derivation. The status consists of three
+    characters. The first is `I` or `-`, indicating whether the
+    derivation is currently installed in the current generation of the
+    active profile. This is by definition the case for `--installed`,
+    but not for `--available`. The second is `P` or `-`, indicating
+    whether the derivation is present on the system. This indicates
+    whether installation of an available derivation will require the
+    derivation to be built. The third is `S` or `-`, indicating whether
+    a substitute is available for the derivation.
+
+  - `--attr-path`; `-P`\
+    Print the *attribute path* of the derivation, which can be used to
+    unambiguously select it using the `--attr` option available in
+    commands that install derivations like `nix-env --install`. This
+    option only works together with `--available`
+
+  - `--no-name`\
+    Suppress printing of the `name` attribute of each derivation.
+
+  - `--compare-versions` / `-c`\
+    Compare installed versions to available versions, or vice versa (if
+    `--available` is given). This is useful for quickly seeing whether
+    upgrades for installed packages are available in a Nix expression. A
+    column is added with the following meaning:
+
+      - `<` *version*\
+        A newer version of the package is available or installed.
+
+      - `=` *version*\
+        At most the same version of the package is available or
+        installed.
+
+      - `>` *version*\
+        Only older versions of the package are available or installed.
+
+      - `- ?`\
+        No version of the package is available or installed.
+
+  - `--system`\
+    Print the `system` attribute of the derivation.
+
+  - `--drv-path`\
+    Print the path of the store derivation.
+
+  - `--out-path`\
+    Print the output path of the derivation.
+
+  - `--description`\
+    Print a short (one-line) description of the derivation, if
+    available. The description is taken from the `meta.description`
+    attribute of the derivation.
+
+  - `--meta`\
+    Print all of the meta-attributes of the derivation. This option is
+    only available with `--xml` or `--json`.
+
+## Examples
+
+To show installed packages:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -q
+bison-1.875c
+docbook-xml-4.2
+firefox-1.0.4
+MPlayer-1.0pre7
+ORBit2-2.8.3
+…
+```
+
+To show available packages:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qa
+firefox-1.0.7
+GConf-2.4.0.1
+MPlayer-1.0pre7
+ORBit2-2.8.3
+…
+```
+
+To show the status of available packages:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qas
+-P- firefox-1.0.7   (not installed but present)
+--S GConf-2.4.0.1   (not present, but there is a substitute for fast installation)
+--S MPlayer-1.0pre3 (i.e., this is not the installed MPlayer, even though the version is the same!)
+IP- ORBit2-2.8.3    (installed and by definition present)
+…
+```
+
+To show available packages in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f ./foo.nix -qa
+foo-1.2.3
+```
+
+To compare installed versions to what’s available:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qc
+...
+acrobat-reader-7.0 - ?      (package is not available at all)
+autoconf-2.59      = 2.59   (same version)
+firefox-1.0.4      < 1.0.7  (a more recent version is available)
+...
+```
+
+To show all packages with “`zip`” in the name:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qa '.*zip.*'
+bzip2-1.0.6
+gzip-1.6
+zip-3.0
+…
+```
+
+To show all packages with “`firefox`” or “`chromium`” in the name:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qa '.*(firefox|chromium).*'
+chromium-37.0.2062.94
+chromium-beta-38.0.2125.24
+firefox-32.0.3
+firefox-with-plugins-13.0.1
+…
+```
+
+To show all packages in the latest revision of the Nixpkgs repository:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -qa
+```
+
+# Operation `--switch-profile`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--switch-profile` | `-S`} *path*
+
+## Description
+
+This operation makes *path* the current profile for the user. That is,
+the symlink `~/.nix-profile` is made to point to *path*.
+
+## Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -S ~/my-profile
+```
+
+# Operation `--list-generations`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--list-generations`
+
+## Description
+
+This operation print a list of all the currently existing generations
+for the active profile. These may be switched to using the
+`--switch-generation` operation. It also prints the creation date of the
+generation, and indicates the current generation.
+
+## Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --list-generations
+  95   2004-02-06 11:48:24
+  96   2004-02-06 11:49:01
+  97   2004-02-06 16:22:45
+  98   2004-02-06 16:24:33   (current)
+```
+
+# Operation `--delete-generations`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--delete-generations` *generations*
+
+## Description
+
+This operation deletes the specified generations of the current profile.
+The generations can be a list of generation numbers, the special value
+`old` to delete all non-current generations, a value such as `30d` to
+delete all generations older than the specified number of days (except
+for the generation that was active at that point in time), or a value
+such as `+5` to keep the last `5` generations ignoring any newer than
+current, e.g., if `30` is the current generation `+5` will delete
+generation `25` and all older generations. Periodically deleting old
+generations is important to make garbage collection effective.
+
+## Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --delete-generations 3 4 8
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --delete-generations +5
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --delete-generations 30d
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -p other_profile --delete-generations old
+```
+
+# Operation `--switch-generation`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--switch-generation` | `-G`} *generation*
+
+## Description
+
+This operation makes generation number *generation* the current
+generation of the active profile. That is, if the `profile` is the path
+to the active profile, then the symlink `profile` is made to point to
+`profile-generation-link`, which is in turn a symlink to the actual user
+environment in the Nix store.
+
+Switching will fail if the specified generation does not exist.
+
+## Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -G 42
+switching from generation 50 to 42
+```
+
+# Operation `--rollback`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--rollback`
+
+## Description
+
+This operation switches to the “previous” generation of the active
+profile, that is, the highest numbered generation lower than the current
+generation, if it exists. It is just a convenience wrapper around
+`--list-generations` and `--switch-generation`.
+
+## Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --rollback
+switching from generation 92 to 91
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --rollback
+error: no generation older than the current (91) exists
+```
+
+# Environment variables
+
+  - `NIX_PROFILE`\
+    Location of the Nix profile. Defaults to the target of the symlink
+    `~/.nix-profile`, if it exists, or `/nix/var/nix/profiles/default`
+    otherwise.

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@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --delete-generations` - delete profile generations
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` `--delete-generations` *generations*
-
-# Description
-
-This operation deletes the specified generations of the current profile.
-The generations can be a list of generation numbers, the special value
-`old` to delete all non-current generations, a value such as `30d` to
-delete all generations older than the specified number of days (except
-for the generation that was active at that point in time), or a value
-such as `+5` to keep the last `5` generations ignoring any newer than
-current, e.g., if `30` is the current generation `+5` will delete
-generation `25` and all older generations. Periodically deleting old
-generations is important to make garbage collection effective.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --delete-generations 3 4 8
-```
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --delete-generations +5
-```
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --delete-generations 30d
-```
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --profile other_profile --delete-generations old
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/env-common.md

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Environment variables
-
-- `NIX_PROFILE`\
-  Location of the Nix profile. Defaults to the target of the symlink
-  `~/.nix-profile`, if it exists, or `/nix/var/nix/profiles/default`
-  otherwise.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md

@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --install` - add packages to user environment
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` {`--install` | `-i`} *args…*
-  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
-  [{`--attr` | `-A`}]
-  [`--from-expression`] [`-E`]
-  [`--from-profile` *path*]
-  [`--preserve-installed` | `-P`]
-  [`--remove-all` | `-r`]
-
-# Description
-
-The install operation creates a new user environment, based on the
-current generation of the active profile, to which a set of store paths
-described by *args* is added. The arguments *args* map to store paths in
-a number of possible ways:
-
-  - By default, *args* is a set of derivation names denoting derivations
-    in the active Nix expression. These are realised, and the resulting
-    output paths are installed. Currently installed derivations with a
-    name equal to the name of a derivation being added are removed
-    unless the option `--preserve-installed` is specified.
-
-    If there are multiple derivations matching a name in *args* that
-    have the same name (e.g., `gcc-3.3.6` and `gcc-4.1.1`), then the
-    derivation with the highest *priority* is used. A derivation can
-    define a priority by declaring the `meta.priority` attribute. This
-    attribute should be a number, with a higher value denoting a lower
-    priority. The default priority is `0`.
-
-    If there are multiple matching derivations with the same priority,
-    then the derivation with the highest version will be installed.
-
-    You can force the installation of multiple derivations with the same
-    name by being specific about the versions. For instance, `nix-env --install
-    gcc-3.3.6 gcc-4.1.1` will install both version of GCC (and will
-    probably cause a user environment conflict\!).
-
-  - If `--attr` (`-A`) is specified, the arguments are *attribute
-    paths* that select attributes from the top-level Nix
-    expression. This is faster than using derivation names and
-    unambiguous. To find out the attribute paths of available
-    packages, use `nix-env --query --available --attr-path `.
-
-  - If `--from-profile` *path* is given, *args* is a set of names
-    denoting installed store paths in the profile *path*. This is an
-    easy way to copy user environment elements from one profile to
-    another.
-
-  - If `--from-expression` is given, *args* are Nix
-    [functions](@docroot@/language/constructs.md#functions)
-    that are called with the active Nix expression as their single
-    argument. The derivations returned by those function calls are
-    installed. This allows derivations to be specified in an
-    unambiguous way, which is necessary if there are multiple
-    derivations with the same name.
-
-  - If *args* are [store derivations](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation), then these are
-    [realised](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md), and the resulting output paths
-    are installed.
-
-  - If *args* are store paths that are not store derivations, then these
-    are [realised](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md) and installed.
-
-  - By default all outputs are installed for each derivation. That can
-    be reduced by setting `meta.outputsToInstall`.
-
-# Flags
-
-  - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b`\
-    Use only derivations for which a substitute is registered, i.e.,
-    there is a pre-built binary available that can be downloaded in lieu
-    of building the derivation. Thus, no packages will be built from
-    source.
-
-  - `--preserve-installed` / `-P`\
-    Do not remove derivations with a name matching one of the
-    derivations being installed. Usually, trying to have two versions of
-    the same package installed in the same generation of a profile will
-    lead to an error in building the generation, due to file name
-    clashes between the two versions. However, this is not the case for
-    all packages.
-
-  - `--remove-all` / `-r`\
-    Remove all previously installed packages first. This is equivalent
-    to running `nix-env --uninstall '.*'` first, except that everything happens
-    in a single transaction.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-To install a package using a specific attribute path from the active Nix expression:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --install --attr gcc40mips
-installing `gcc-4.0.2'
-$ nix-env --install --attr xorg.xorgserver
-installing `xorg-server-1.2.0'
-```
-
-To install a specific version of `gcc` using the derivation name:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --install gcc-3.3.2
-installing `gcc-3.3.2'
-uninstalling `gcc-3.1'
-```
-
-Using attribute path for selecting a package is preferred,
-as it is much faster and there will not be multiple matches.
-
-Note the previously installed version is removed, since
-`--preserve-installed` was not specified.
-
-To install an arbitrary version:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --install gcc
-installing `gcc-3.3.2'
-```
-
-To install all derivations in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --file ~/foo.nix --install '.*'
-```
-
-To copy the store path with symbolic name `gcc` from another profile:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --install --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/foo gcc
-```
-
-To install a specific [store derivation] (typically created by
-`nix-instantiate`):
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --install /nix/store/fibjb1bfbpm5mrsxc4mh2d8n37sxh91i-gcc-3.4.3.drv
-```
-
-To install a specific output path:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --install /nix/store/y3cgx0xj1p4iv9x0pnnmdhr8iyg741vk-gcc-3.4.3
-```
-
-To install from a Nix expression specified on the command-line:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --file ./foo.nix --install --expr \
-    'f: (f {system = "i686-linux";}).subversionWithJava'
-```
-
-I.e., this evaluates to `(f: (f {system =
-"i686-linux";}).subversionWithJava) (import ./foo.nix)`, thus selecting
-the `subversionWithJava` attribute from the set returned by calling the
-function defined in `./foo.nix`.
-
-A dry-run tells you which paths will be downloaded or built from source:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --file '<nixpkgs>' --install --attr hello --dry-run
-(dry run; not doing anything)
-installing ‘hello-2.10’
-this path will be fetched (0.04 MiB download, 0.19 MiB unpacked):
-  /nix/store/wkhdf9jinag5750mqlax6z2zbwhqb76n-hello-2.10
-  ...
-```
-
-To install Firefox from the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS 14.12
-channel:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --file https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz --install --attr firefox
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/list-generations.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --list-generations` - list profile generations
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` `--list-generations`
-
-# Description
-
-This operation print a list of all the currently existing generations
-for the active profile. These may be switched to using the
-`--switch-generation` operation. It also prints the creation date of the
-generation, and indicates the current generation.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --list-generations
-  95   2004-02-06 11:48:24
-  96   2004-02-06 11:49:01
-  97   2004-02-06 16:22:45
-  98   2004-02-06 16:24:33   (current)
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/opt-common.md

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Options
-
-The following options are allowed for all `nix-env` operations, but may not always have an effect.
-
-  - `--file` / `-f` *path*\
-    Specifies the Nix expression (designated below as the *active Nix
-    expression*) used by the `--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query
-    --available` operations to obtain derivations. The default is
-    `~/.nix-defexpr`.
-
-    If the argument starts with `http://` or `https://`, it is
-    interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and
-    unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must include a single
-    top-level directory containing at least a file named `default.nix`.
-
-  - `--profile` / `-p` *path*\
-    Specifies the profile to be used by those operations that operate on
-    a profile (designated below as the *active profile*). A profile is a
-    sequence of user environments called *generations*, one of which is
-    the *current generation*.
-
-  - `--dry-run`\
-    For the `--install`, `--upgrade`, `--uninstall`,
-    `--switch-generation`, `--delete-generations` and `--rollback`
-    operations, this flag will cause `nix-env` to print what *would* be
-    done if this flag had not been specified, without actually doing it.
-
-    `--dry-run` also prints out which paths will be
-    [substituted](@docroot@/glossary.md) (i.e., downloaded) and which paths
-    will be built from source (because no substitute is available).
-
-  - `--system-filter` *system*\
-    By default, operations such as `--query
-                    --available` show derivations matching any platform. This option
-    allows you to use derivations for the specified platform *system*.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md

@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --query` - display information about packages
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` {`--query` | `-q`} *names…*
-  [`--installed` | `--available` | `-a`]
-  [{`--status` | `-s`}]
-  [{`--attr-path` | `-P`}]
-  [`--no-name`]
-  [{`--compare-versions` | `-c`}]
-  [`--system`]
-  [`--drv-path`]
-  [`--out-path`]
-  [`--description`]
-  [`--meta`]
-  [`--xml`]
-  [`--json`]
-  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
-  [{`--attr` | `-A`} *attribute-path*]
-
-# Description
-
-The query operation displays information about either the store paths
-that are installed in the current generation of the active profile
-(`--installed`), or the derivations that are available for installation
-in the active Nix expression (`--available`). It only prints information
-about derivations whose symbolic name matches one of *names*.
-
-The derivations are sorted by their `name` attributes.
-
-# Source selection
-
-The following flags specify the set of things on which the query
-operates.
-
-  - `--installed`\
-    The query operates on the store paths that are installed in the
-    current generation of the active profile. This is the default.
-
-  - `--available`; `-a`\
-    The query operates on the derivations that are available in the
-    active Nix expression.
-
-# Queries
-
-The following flags specify what information to display about the
-selected derivations. Multiple flags may be specified, in which case the
-information is shown in the order given here. Note that the name of the
-derivation is shown unless `--no-name` is specified.
-
-  - `--xml`\
-    Print the result in an XML representation suitable for automatic
-    processing by other tools. The root element is called `items`, which
-    contains a `item` element for each available or installed
-    derivation. The fields discussed below are all stored in attributes
-    of the `item` elements.
-
-  - `--json`\
-    Print the result in a JSON representation suitable for automatic
-    processing by other tools.
-
-  - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b`\
-    Show only derivations for which a substitute is registered, i.e.,
-    there is a pre-built binary available that can be downloaded in lieu
-    of building the derivation. Thus, this shows all packages that
-    probably can be installed quickly.
-
-  - `--status`; `-s`\
-    Print the *status* of the derivation. The status consists of three
-    characters. The first is `I` or `-`, indicating whether the
-    derivation is currently installed in the current generation of the
-    active profile. This is by definition the case for `--installed`,
-    but not for `--available`. The second is `P` or `-`, indicating
-    whether the derivation is present on the system. This indicates
-    whether installation of an available derivation will require the
-    derivation to be built. The third is `S` or `-`, indicating whether
-    a substitute is available for the derivation.
-
-  - `--attr-path`; `-P`\
-    Print the *attribute path* of the derivation, which can be used to
-    unambiguously select it using the `--attr` option available in
-    commands that install derivations like `nix-env --install`. This
-    option only works together with `--available`
-
-  - `--no-name`\
-    Suppress printing of the `name` attribute of each derivation.
-
-  - `--compare-versions` / `-c`\
-    Compare installed versions to available versions, or vice versa (if
-    `--available` is given). This is useful for quickly seeing whether
-    upgrades for installed packages are available in a Nix expression. A
-    column is added with the following meaning:
-
-      - `<` *version*\
-        A newer version of the package is available or installed.
-
-      - `=` *version*\
-        At most the same version of the package is available or
-        installed.
-
-      - `>` *version*\
-        Only older versions of the package are available or installed.
-
-      - `- ?`\
-        No version of the package is available or installed.
-
-  - `--system`\
-    Print the `system` attribute of the derivation.
-
-  - `--drv-path`\
-    Print the path of the [store derivation](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation).
-
-  - `--out-path`\
-    Print the output path of the derivation.
-
-  - `--description`\
-    Print a short (one-line) description of the derivation, if
-    available. The description is taken from the `meta.description`
-    attribute of the derivation.
-
-  - `--meta`\
-    Print all of the meta-attributes of the derivation. This option is
-    only available with `--xml` or `--json`.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-To show installed packages:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --query
-bison-1.875c
-docbook-xml-4.2
-firefox-1.0.4
-MPlayer-1.0pre7
-ORBit2-2.8.3
-…
-```
-
-To show available packages:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --query --available
-firefox-1.0.7
-GConf-2.4.0.1
-MPlayer-1.0pre7
-ORBit2-2.8.3
-…
-```
-
-To show the status of available packages:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --query --available --status
--P- firefox-1.0.7   (not installed but present)
---S GConf-2.4.0.1   (not present, but there is a substitute for fast installation)
---S MPlayer-1.0pre3 (i.e., this is not the installed MPlayer, even though the version is the same!)
-IP- ORBit2-2.8.3    (installed and by definition present)
-…
-```
-
-To show available packages in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --file ./foo.nix --query --available
-foo-1.2.3
-```
-
-To compare installed versions to what’s available:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --query --compare-versions
-...
-acrobat-reader-7.0 - ?      (package is not available at all)
-autoconf-2.59      = 2.59   (same version)
-firefox-1.0.4      < 1.0.7  (a more recent version is available)
-...
-```
-
-To show all packages with “`zip`” in the name:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --query --available '.*zip.*'
-bzip2-1.0.6
-gzip-1.6
-zip-3.0
-…
-```
-
-To show all packages with “`firefox`” or “`chromium`” in the name:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --query --available '.*(firefox|chromium).*'
-chromium-37.0.2062.94
-chromium-beta-38.0.2125.24
-firefox-32.0.3
-firefox-with-plugins-13.0.1
-…
-```
-
-To show all packages in the latest revision of the Nixpkgs repository:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --file https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz --query --available
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/rollback.md

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --rollback` - set user environment to previous generation
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` `--rollback`
-
-# Description
-
-This operation switches to the “previous” generation of the active
-profile, that is, the highest numbered generation lower than the current
-generation, if it exists. It is just a convenience wrapper around
-`--list-generations` and `--switch-generation`.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --rollback
-switching from generation 92 to 91
-```
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --rollback
-error: no generation older than the current (91) exists
-```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md

@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --set-flag` - modify meta attributes of installed packages
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` `--set-flag` *name* *value* *drvnames*
-
-# Description
-
-The `--set-flag` operation allows meta attributes of installed packages
-to be modified. There are several attributes that can be usefully
-modified, because they affect the behaviour of `nix-env` or the user
-environment build script:
-
-  - `priority` can be changed to resolve filename clashes. The user
-    environment build script uses the `meta.priority` attribute of
-    derivations to resolve filename collisions between packages. Lower
-    priority values denote a higher priority. For instance, the GCC
-    wrapper package and the Binutils package in Nixpkgs both have a file
-    `bin/ld`, so previously if you tried to install both you would get a
-    collision. Now, on the other hand, the GCC wrapper declares a higher
-    priority than Binutils, so the former’s `bin/ld` is symlinked in the
-    user environment.
-
-  - `keep` can be set to `true` to prevent the package from being
-    upgraded or replaced. This is useful if you want to hang on to an
-    older version of a package.
-
-  - `active` can be set to `false` to “disable” the package. That is, no
-    symlinks will be generated to the files of the package, but it
-    remains part of the profile (so it won’t be garbage-collected). It
-    can be set back to `true` to re-enable the package.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-To prevent the currently installed Firefox from being upgraded:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --set-flag keep true firefox
-```
-
-After this, `nix-env --upgrade ` will ignore Firefox.
-
-To disable the currently installed Firefox, then install a new Firefox
-while the old remains part of the profile:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --query
-firefox-2.0.0.9 (the current one)
-
-$ nix-env --preserve-installed --install firefox-2.0.0.11
-installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
-building path(s) `/nix/store/myy0y59q3ig70dgq37jqwg1j0rsapzsl-user-environment'
-collision between `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
-  and `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.9/bin/firefox'.
-(i.e., can’t have two active at the same time)
-
-$ nix-env --set-flag active false firefox
-setting flag on `firefox-2.0.0.9'
-
-$ nix-env --preserve-installed --install firefox-2.0.0.11
-installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
-
-$ nix-env --query
-firefox-2.0.0.11 (the enabled one)
-firefox-2.0.0.9 (the disabled one)
-```
-
-To make files from `binutils` take precedence over files from `gcc`:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --set-flag priority 5 binutils
-$ nix-env --set-flag priority 10 gcc
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --set` - set profile to contain a specified derivation
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` `--set` *drvname*
-
-## Description
-
-The `--set` operation modifies the current generation of a profile so
-that it contains exactly the specified derivation, and nothing else.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-## Examples
-
-The following updates a profile such that its current generation will
-contain just Firefox:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --switch-generation` - set user environment to given profile generation
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` {`--switch-generation` | `-G`} *generation*
-
-# Description
-
-This operation makes generation number *generation* the current
-generation of the active profile. That is, if the `profile` is the path
-to the active profile, then the symlink `profile` is made to point to
-`profile-generation-link`, which is in turn a symlink to the actual user
-environment in the Nix store.
-
-Switching will fail if the specified generation does not exist.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --switch-generation 42
-switching from generation 50 to 42
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --switch-profile` - set user environment to given profile
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` {`--switch-profile` | `-S`} *path*
-
-# Description
-
-This operation makes *path* the current profile for the user. That is,
-the symlink `~/.nix-profile` is made to point to *path*.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --switch-profile ~/my-profile
-```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --uninstall` - remove packages from user environment
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` {`--uninstall` | `-e`} *drvnames…*
-
-# Description
-
-The uninstall operation creates a new user environment, based on the
-current generation of the active profile, from which the store paths
-designated by the symbolic names *drvnames* are removed.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --uninstall gcc
-$ nix-env --uninstall '.*' (remove everything)
-```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md

@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-env --upgrade` - upgrade packages in user environment
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-env` {`--upgrade` | `-u`} *args*
-  [`--lt` | `--leq` | `--eq` | `--always`]
-  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
-  [{`--attr` | `-A`}]
-  [`--from-expression`] [`-E`]
-  [`--from-profile` *path*]
-  [`--preserve-installed` | `-P`]
-
-# Description
-
-The upgrade operation creates a new user environment, based on the
-current generation of the active profile, in which all store paths are
-replaced for which there are newer versions in the set of paths
-described by *args*. Paths for which there are no newer versions are
-left untouched; this is not an error. It is also not an error if an
-element of *args* matches no installed derivations.
-
-For a description of how *args* is mapped to a set of store paths, see
-[`--install`](#operation---install). If *args* describes multiple
-store paths with the same symbolic name, only the one with the highest
-version is installed.
-
-# Flags
-
-  - `--lt`\
-    Only upgrade a derivation to newer versions. This is the default.
-
-  - `--leq`\
-    In addition to upgrading to newer versions, also “upgrade” to
-    derivations that have the same version. Version are not a unique
-    identification of a derivation, so there may be many derivations
-    that have the same version. This flag may be useful to force
-    “synchronisation” between the installed and available derivations.
-
-  - `--eq`\
-    *Only* “upgrade” to derivations that have the same version. This may
-    not seem very useful, but it actually is, e.g., when there is a new
-    release of Nixpkgs and you want to replace installed applications
-    with the same versions built against newer dependencies (to reduce
-    the number of dependencies floating around on your system).
-
-  - `--always`\
-    In addition to upgrading to newer versions, also “upgrade” to
-    derivations that have the same or a lower version. I.e., derivations
-    may actually be downgraded depending on what is available in the
-    active Nix expression.
-
-  - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b`\
-    Use only derivations for which a substitute is registered, i.e.,
-    there is a pre-built binary available that can be downloaded in lieu
-    of building the derivation. Thus, no packages will be built from
-    source.
-
-  - `--preserve-installed` / `-P`\
-    Do not remove derivations with a name matching one of the
-    derivations being installed. Usually, trying to have two versions of
-    the same package installed in the same generation of a profile will
-    lead to an error in building the generation, due to file name
-    clashes between the two versions. However, this is not the case for
-    all packages.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.gcc
-upgrading `gcc-3.3.1' to `gcc-3.4'
-```
-
-When there are no updates available, nothing will happen:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.pan
-```
-
-Using `-A` is preferred when possible, as it is faster and unambiguous but
-it is also possible to upgrade to a specific version by matching the derivation name:
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --upgrade gcc-3.3.2 --always
-upgrading `gcc-3.4' to `gcc-3.3.2'
-```
-
-To try to upgrade everything
-(matching packages based on the part of the derivation name without version):
-
-```console
-$ nix-env --upgrade
-upgrading `hello-2.1.2' to `hello-2.1.3'
-upgrading `mozilla-1.2' to `mozilla-1.4'
-```
-
-# Versions
-
-The upgrade operation determines whether a derivation `y` is an upgrade
-of a derivation `x` by looking at their respective `name` attributes.
-The names (e.g., `gcc-3.3.1` are split into two parts: the package name
-(`gcc`), and the version (`3.3.1`). The version part starts after the
-first dash not followed by a letter. `y` is considered an upgrade of `x`
-if their package names match, and the version of `y` is higher than that
-of `x`.
-
-The versions are compared by splitting them into contiguous components
-of numbers and letters. E.g., `3.3.1pre5` is split into `[3, 3, 1,
-"pre", 5]`. These lists are then compared lexicographically (from left
-to right). Corresponding components `a` and `b` are compared as follows.
-If they are both numbers, integer comparison is used. If `a` is an empty
-string and `b` is a number, `a` is considered less than `b`. The special
-string component `pre` (for *pre-release*) is considered to be less than
-other components. String components are considered less than number
-components. Otherwise, they are compared lexicographically (i.e., using
-case-sensitive string comparison).
-
-This is illustrated by the following examples:
-
-    1.0 < 2.3
-    2.1 < 2.3
-    2.3 = 2.3
-    2.5 > 2.3
-    3.1 > 2.3
-    2.3.1 > 2.3
-    2.3.1 > 2.3a
-    2.3pre1 < 2.3
-    2.3pre3 < 2.3pre12
-    2.3a < 2.3c
-    2.3pre1 < 2.3c
-    2.3pre1 < 2.3q
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-hash.md

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 `nix-hash` [`--flat`] [`--base32`] [`--truncate`] [`--type` *hashAlgo*] *path…*
 
-`nix-hash` [`--to-base16`|`--to-base32`|`--to-base64`|`--to-sri`] [`--type` *hashAlgo*] *hash…*
+`nix-hash` `--to-base16` *hash…*
+
+`nix-hash` `--to-base32` *hash…*
 
 # Description
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ The hash is computed over a *serialisation* of each path: a dump of
 the file system tree rooted at the path. This allows directories and
 symlinks to be hashed as well as regular files. The dump is in the
 *NAR format* produced by [`nix-store
---dump`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md).  Thus, `nix-hash path`
+--dump`](nix-store.md#operation---dump).  Thus, `nix-hash path`
 yields the same cryptographic hash as `nix-store --dump path |
 md5sum`.
 
@@ -33,23 +35,11 @@ md5sum`.
     The result is identical to that produced by the GNU commands
     `md5sum` and `sha1sum`.
 
-  - `--base16`\
-    Print the hash in a hexadecimal representation (default).
-
   - `--base32`\
     Print the hash in a base-32 representation rather than hexadecimal.
     This base-32 representation is more compact and can be used in Nix
     expressions (such as in calls to `fetchurl`).
 
-  - `--base64`\
-    Similar to --base32, but print the hash in a base-64 representation,
-    which is more compact than the base-32 one.
-
-  - `--sri`\
-    Print the hash in SRI format with base-64 encoding.
-    The type of hash algorithm will be prepended to the hash string,
-    followed by a hyphen (-) and the base-64 hash body.
-
   - `--truncate`\
     Truncate hashes longer than 160 bits (such as SHA-256) to 160 bits.
 
@@ -65,14 +55,6 @@ md5sum`.
     Don’t hash anything, but convert the hexadecimal hash representation
     *hash* to base-32.
 
-  - `--to-base64`\
-    Don’t hash anything, but convert the hexadecimal hash representation
-    *hash* to base-64.
-
-  - `--to-sri`\
-    Don’t hash anything, but convert the hexadecimal hash representation
-    *hash* to SRI.
-
 # Examples
 
 Computing the same hash as `nix-prefetch-url`:
@@ -99,18 +81,9 @@ $ nix-store --dump test/ | md5sum (for comparison)
 $ nix-hash --type sha1 test/
 e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
 
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --base16 test/
-e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
-
 $ nix-hash --type sha1 --base32 test/
 nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
 
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --base64 test/
-5P2Lpfe76upazon+ECVVNs1g2rY=
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --sri test/
-sha1-5P2Lpfe76upazon+ECVVNs1g2rY=
-
 $ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat test/
 error: reading file `test/': Is a directory
 
@@ -118,7 +91,7 @@ $ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat test/world
 5891b5b522d5df086d0ff0b110fbd9d21bb4fc7163af34d08286a2e846f6be03
 ```
 
-Converting between hexadecimal, base-32, base-64, and SRI:
+Converting between hexadecimal and base-32:
 
 ```console
 $ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-base32 e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
@@ -126,13 +99,4 @@ nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
 
 $ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-base16 nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
 e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-base64 e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
-5P2Lpfe76upazon+ECVVNs1g2rY=
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-sri nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
-sha1-5P2Lpfe76upazon+ECVVNs1g2rY=
-
-$ nix-hash --to-base16 sha1-5P2Lpfe76upazon+ECVVNs1g2rY=
-e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
 ```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md

@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 
 # Description
 
-The command `nix-instantiate` produces [store derivation]s from (high-level) Nix expressions.
-It evaluates the Nix expressions in each of *files* (which defaults to
+The command `nix-instantiate` generates [store
+derivations](../glossary.md) from (high-level) Nix expressions. It
+evaluates the Nix expressions in each of *files* (which defaults to
 *./default.nix*). Each top-level expression should evaluate to a
 derivation, a list of derivations, or a set of derivations. The paths
 of the resulting store derivations are printed on standard output.
 
-[store derivation]: ../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
-
 If *files* is the character `-`, then a Nix expression will be read from
 standard input.
 
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ standard input.
   - `--strict`\
     When used with `--eval`, recursively evaluate list elements and
     attributes. Normally, such sub-expressions are left unevaluated
-    (since the Nix language is lazy).
+    (since the Nix expression language is lazy).
 
     > **Warning**
     >
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ standard input.
     When used with `--eval`, print the resulting value as an XML
     representation of the abstract syntax tree rather than as an ATerm.
     The schema is the same as that used by the [`toXML`
-    built-in](../language/builtins.md).
+    built-in](../expressions/builtins.md).
 
   - `--read-write-mode`\
     When used with `--eval`, perform evaluation in read/write mode so
@@ -76,19 +75,18 @@ standard input.
     this option is not enabled, there may be uninstantiated store paths
     in the final output.
 
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+<!-- end list -->
 
 # Examples
 
-Instantiate [store derivation]s from a Nix expression, and build them using `nix-store`:
+Instantiating store derivations from a Nix expression, and building them
+using `nix-store`:
 
 ```console
 $ nix-instantiate test.nix (instantiate)
 /nix/store/cigxbmvy6dzix98dxxh9b6shg7ar5bvs-perl-BerkeleyDB-0.26.drv
 
-$ nix-store --realise $(nix-instantiate test.nix) (build)
+$ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate test.nix) (build)
 ...
 /nix/store/qhqk4n8ci095g3sdp93x7rgwyh9rdvgk-perl-BerkeleyDB-0.26 (output path)
 
@@ -100,30 +98,30 @@ dr-xr-xr-x    2 eelco    users        4096 1970-01-01 01:00 lib
 You can also give a Nix expression on the command line:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; hello'
+$ nix-instantiate -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; hello'
 /nix/store/j8s4zyv75a724q38cb0r87rlczaiag4y-hello-2.8.drv
 ```
 
 This is equivalent to:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' --attr hello
+$ nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' -A hello
 ```
 
 Parsing and evaluating Nix expressions:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate --parse --expr '1 + 2'
+$ nix-instantiate --parse -E '1 + 2'
 1 + 2
 ```
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '1 + 2'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '1 + 2'
 3
 ```
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr '1 + 2'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E '1 + 2'
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
 <expr>
   <int value="3" />
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ $ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr '1 + 2'
 The difference between non-strict and strict evaluation:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
 ...
   <attr name="x">
     <string value="foo" />
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ Note that `y` is left unevaluated (the XML representation doesn’t
 attempt to show non-normal forms).
 
 ```console
-$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --strict --expr 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
+$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --strict -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
 ...
   <attr name="x">
     <string value="foo" />

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-shell.md

@@ -11,16 +11,10 @@
   [`--command` *cmd*]
   [`--run` *cmd*]
   [`--exclude` *regexp*]
-  [`--pure`]
-  [`--keep` *name*]
+  [--pure]
+  [--keep *name*]
   {{`--packages` | `-p`} {*packages* | *expressions*} … | [*path*]}
 
-# Disambiguation
-
-This man page describes the command `nix-shell`, which is distinct from `nix
-shell`. For documentation on the latter, run `nix shell --help` or see `man
-nix3-shell`.
-
 # Description
 
 The command `nix-shell` will build the dependencies of the specified
@@ -89,7 +83,7 @@ All options not listed here are passed to `nix-store
   - `--packages` / `-p` *packages*…\
     Set up an environment in which the specified packages are present.
     The command line arguments are interpreted as attribute names inside
-    the Nix Packages collection. Thus, `nix-shell --packages libjpeg openjdk`
+    the Nix Packages collection. Thus, `nix-shell -p libjpeg openjdk`
     will start a shell in which the packages denoted by the attribute
     names `libjpeg` and `openjdk` are present.
 
@@ -101,16 +95,13 @@ All options not listed here are passed to `nix-store
     When a `--pure` shell is started, keep the listed environment
     variables.
 
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+The following common options are supported:
 
 # Environment variables
 
   - `NIX_BUILD_SHELL`\
     Shell used to start the interactive environment. Defaults to the
-    `bash` found in `<nixpkgs>`, falling back to the `bash` found in
-    `PATH` if not found.
-
-{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+    `bash` found in `PATH`.
 
 # Examples
 
@@ -118,26 +109,19 @@ To build the dependencies of the package Pan, and start an interactive
 shell in which to build it:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' --attr pan
-[nix-shell]$ eval ${unpackPhase:-unpackPhase}
-[nix-shell]$ cd $sourceRoot
-[nix-shell]$ eval ${patchPhase:-patchPhase}
-[nix-shell]$ eval ${configurePhase:-configurePhase}
-[nix-shell]$ eval ${buildPhase:-buildPhase}
+$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan
+[nix-shell]$ unpackPhase
+[nix-shell]$ cd pan-*
+[nix-shell]$ configurePhase
+[nix-shell]$ buildPhase
 [nix-shell]$ ./pan/gui/pan
 ```
 
-The reason we use form `eval ${configurePhase:-configurePhase}` here is because
-those packages that override these phases do so by exporting the overridden
-values in the environment variable of the same name.
-Here bash is being told to either evaluate the contents of 'configurePhase',
-if it exists as a variable, otherwise evaluate the configurePhase function.
-
 To clear the environment first, and do some additional automatic
 initialisation of the interactive shell:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' --attr pan --pure \
+$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan --pure \
     --command 'export NIX_DEBUG=1; export NIX_CORES=8; return'
 ```
 
@@ -146,13 +130,13 @@ Nix expressions can also be given on the command line using the `-E` and
 packages `sqlite` and `libX11`:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-shell --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "dummy" { buildInputs = [ sqlite xorg.libX11 ]; } ""'
+$ nix-shell -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "dummy" { buildInputs = [ sqlite xorg.libX11 ]; } ""'
 ```
 
 A shorter way to do the same is:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-shell --packages sqlite xorg.libX11
+$ nix-shell -p sqlite xorg.libX11
 [nix-shell]$ echo $NIX_LDFLAGS
 … -L/nix/store/j1zg5v…-sqlite-3.8.0.2/lib -L/nix/store/0gmcz9…-libX11-1.6.1/lib …
 ```
@@ -162,7 +146,7 @@ the `buildInputs = [ ... ]` shown above, not only package names. So the
 following is also legal:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-shell --packages sqlite 'git.override { withManual = false; }'
+$ nix-shell -p sqlite 'git.override { withManual = false; }'
 ```
 
 The `-p` flag looks up Nixpkgs in the Nix search path. You can override
@@ -171,7 +155,7 @@ gives you a shell containing the Pan package from a specific revision of
 Nixpkgs:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-shell --packages pan -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/8a3eea054838b55aca962c3fbde9c83c102b8bf2.tar.gz
+$ nix-shell -p pan -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/8a3eea054838b55aca962c3fbde9c83c102b8bf2.tar.gz
 
 [nix-shell:~]$ pan --version
 Pan 0.139
@@ -185,7 +169,7 @@ done by starting the script with the following lines:
 
 ```bash
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i real-interpreter --packages packages
+#! nix-shell -i real-interpreter -p packages
 ```
 
 where *real-interpreter* is the “real” script interpreter that will be
@@ -202,7 +186,7 @@ For example, here is a Python script that depends on Python and the
 
 ```python
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i python --packages python pythonPackages.prettytable
+#! nix-shell -i python -p python pythonPackages.prettytable
 
 import prettytable
 
@@ -217,7 +201,7 @@ requires Perl and the `HTML::TokeParser::Simple` and `LWP` packages:
 
 ```perl
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i perl --packages perl perlPackages.HTMLTokeParserSimple perlPackages.LWP
+#! nix-shell -i perl -p perl perlPackages.HTMLTokeParserSimple perlPackages.LWP
 
 use HTML::TokeParser::Simple;
 
@@ -235,7 +219,7 @@ package like Terraform:
 
 ```bash
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i bash --packages "terraform.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.openstack ])"
+#! nix-shell -i bash -p "terraform.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.openstack ])"
 
 terraform apply
 ```
@@ -251,7 +235,7 @@ branch):
 
 ```haskell
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i runghc --packages "haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (ps: [ps.download-curl ps.tagsoup])"
+#! nix-shell -i runghc -p "haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (ps: [ps.download-curl ps.tagsoup])"
 #! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-20.03.tar.gz
 
 import Network.Curl.Download

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md

@@ -13,35 +13,821 @@
 The command `nix-store` performs primitive operations on the Nix store.
 You generally do not need to run this command manually.
 
-`nix-store` takes exactly one *operation* flag which indicates the subcommand to be performed. The following operations are available:
+`nix-store` takes exactly one *operation* flag which indicates the
+subcommand to be performed. These are documented below.
 
-- [`--realise`](./nix-store/realise.md)
-- [`--serve`](./nix-store/serve.md)
-- [`--gc`](./nix-store/gc.md)
-- [`--delete`](./nix-store/delete.md)
-- [`--query`](./nix-store/query.md)
-- [`--add`](./nix-store/add.md)
-- [`--add-fixed`](./nix-store/add-fixed.md)
-- [`--verify`](./nix-store/verify.md)
-- [`--verify-path`](./nix-store/verify-path.md)
-- [`--repair-path`](./nix-store/repair-path.md)
-- [`--dump`](./nix-store/dump.md)
-- [`--restore`](./nix-store/restore.md)
-- [`--export`](./nix-store/export.md)
-- [`--import`](./nix-store/import.md)
-- [`--optimise`](./nix-store/optimise.md)
-- [`--read-log`](./nix-store/read-log.md)
-- [`--dump-db`](./nix-store/dump-db.md)
-- [`--load-db`](./nix-store/load-db.md)
-- [`--print-env`](./nix-store/print-env.md)
-- [`--generate-binary-cache-key`](./nix-store/generate-binary-cache-key.md)
+# Common options
 
-These pages can be viewed offline:
+This section lists the options that are common to all operations. These
+options are allowed for every subcommand, though they may not always
+have an effect.
 
-- `man nix-store-<operation>`.
+  - `--add-root` *path*\
+    Causes the result of a realisation (`--realise` and
+    `--force-realise`) to be registered as a root of the garbage
+    collector. *path* will be created as a symlink to the resulting
+    store path. In addition, a uniquely named symlink to *path* will
+    be created in `/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/`. For instance,
 
-  Example: `man nix-store-realise`
+    ```console
+    $ nix-store --add-root /home/eelco/bla/result -r ...
 
-- `nix-store --help --<operation>`
+    $ ls -l /nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto
+    lrwxrwxrwx    1 ... 2005-03-13 21:10 dn54lcypm8f8... -> /home/eelco/bla/result
 
-  Example: `nix-store --help --realise`
+    $ ls -l /home/eelco/bla/result
+    lrwxrwxrwx    1 ... 2005-03-13 21:10 /home/eelco/bla/result -> /nix/store/1r11343n6qd4...-f-spot-0.0.10
+    ```
+
+    Thus, when `/home/eelco/bla/result` is removed, the GC root in the
+    `auto` directory becomes a dangling symlink and will be ignored by
+    the collector.
+
+    > **Warning**
+    >
+    > Note that it is not possible to move or rename GC roots, since
+    > the symlink in the `auto` directory will still point to the old
+    > location.
+
+    If there are multiple results, then multiple symlinks will be
+    created by sequentially numbering symlinks beyond the first one
+    (e.g., `foo`, `foo-2`, `foo-3`, and so on).
+
+# Operation `--realise`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` {`--realise` | `-r`} *paths…* [`--dry-run`]
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--realise` essentially “builds” the specified store
+paths. Realisation is a somewhat overloaded term:
+
+  - If the store path is a *derivation*, realisation ensures that the
+    output paths of the derivation are [valid](../glossary.md) (i.e.,
+    the output path and its closure exist in the file system). This
+    can be done in several ways. First, it is possible that the
+    outputs are already valid, in which case we are done
+    immediately. Otherwise, there may be [substitutes](../glossary.md)
+    that produce the outputs (e.g., by downloading them). Finally, the
+    outputs can be produced by performing the build action described
+    by the derivation.
+
+  - If the store path is not a derivation, realisation ensures that the
+    specified path is valid (i.e., it and its closure exist in the file
+    system). If the path is already valid, we are done immediately.
+    Otherwise, the path and any missing paths in its closure may be
+    produced through substitutes. If there are no (successful)
+    substitutes, realisation fails.
+
+The output path of each derivation is printed on standard output. (For
+non-derivations argument, the argument itself is printed.)
+
+The following flags are available:
+
+  - `--dry-run`\
+    Print on standard error a description of what packages would be
+    built or downloaded, without actually performing the operation.
+
+  - `--ignore-unknown`\
+    If a non-derivation path does not have a substitute, then silently
+    ignore it.
+
+  - `--check`\
+    This option allows you to check whether a derivation is
+    deterministic. It rebuilds the specified derivation and checks
+    whether the result is bitwise-identical with the existing outputs,
+    printing an error if that’s not the case. The outputs of the
+    specified derivation must already exist. When used with `-K`, if an
+    output path is not identical to the corresponding output from the
+    previous build, the new output path is left in
+    `/nix/store/name.check.`
+
+    See also the `build-repeat` configuration option, which repeats a
+    derivation a number of times and prevents its outputs from being
+    registered as “valid” in the Nix store unless they are identical.
+
+Special exit codes:
+
+  - `100`\
+    Generic build failure, the builder process returned with a non-zero
+    exit code.
+
+  - `101`\
+    Build timeout, the build was aborted because it did not complete
+    within the specified `timeout`.
+
+  - `102`\
+    Hash mismatch, the build output was rejected because it does not
+    match the [`outputHash` attribute of the
+    derivation](../expressions/advanced-attributes.md).
+
+  - `104`\
+    Not deterministic, the build succeeded in check mode but the
+    resulting output is not binary reproducable.
+
+With the `--keep-going` flag it's possible for multiple failures to
+occur, in this case the 1xx status codes are or combined using binary
+or.
+
+    1100100
+       ^^^^
+       |||`- timeout
+       ||`-- output hash mismatch
+       |`--- build failure
+       `---- not deterministic
+
+## Examples
+
+This operation is typically used to build store derivations produced by
+[`nix-instantiate`](nix-instantiate.md):
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate ./test.nix)
+/nix/store/31axcgrlbfsxzmfff1gyj1bf62hvkby2-aterm-2.3.1
+```
+
+This is essentially what [`nix-build`](nix-build.md) does.
+
+To test whether a previously-built derivation is deterministic:
+
+```console
+$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A hello --check -K
+```
+
+# Operation `--serve`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--serve` [`--write`]
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--serve` provides access to the Nix store over stdin and
+stdout, and is intended to be used as a means of providing Nix store
+access to a restricted ssh user.
+
+The following flags are available:
+
+  - `--write`\
+    Allow the connected client to request the realization of
+    derivations. In effect, this can be used to make the host act as a
+    remote builder.
+
+## Examples
+
+To turn a host into a build server, the `authorized_keys` file can be
+used to provide build access to a given SSH public key:
+
+```console
+$ cat <<EOF >>/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+command="nice -n20 nix-store --serve --write" ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAA...
+EOF
+```
+
+# Operation `--gc`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--gc` [`--print-roots` | `--print-live` | `--print-dead`] [`--max-freed` *bytes*]
+
+## Description
+
+Without additional flags, the operation `--gc` performs a garbage
+collection on the Nix store. That is, all paths in the Nix store not
+reachable via file system references from a set of “roots”, are deleted.
+
+The following suboperations may be specified:
+
+  - `--print-roots`\
+    This operation prints on standard output the set of roots used by
+    the garbage collector.
+
+  - `--print-live`\
+    This operation prints on standard output the set of “live” store
+    paths, which are all the store paths reachable from the roots. Live
+    paths should never be deleted, since that would break consistency —
+    it would become possible that applications are installed that
+    reference things that are no longer present in the store.
+
+  - `--print-dead`\
+    This operation prints out on standard output the set of “dead” store
+    paths, which is just the opposite of the set of live paths: any path
+    in the store that is not live (with respect to the roots) is dead.
+
+By default, all unreachable paths are deleted. The following options
+control what gets deleted and in what order:
+
+  - `--max-freed` *bytes*\
+    Keep deleting paths until at least *bytes* bytes have been deleted,
+    then stop. The argument *bytes* can be followed by the
+    multiplicative suffix `K`, `M`, `G` or `T`, denoting KiB, MiB, GiB
+    or TiB units.
+
+The behaviour of the collector is also influenced by the
+`keep-outputs` and `keep-derivations` settings in the Nix
+configuration file.
+
+By default, the collector prints the total number of freed bytes when it
+finishes (or when it is interrupted). With `--print-dead`, it prints the
+number of bytes that would be freed.
+
+## Examples
+
+To delete all unreachable paths, just do:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --gc
+deleting `/nix/store/kq82idx6g0nyzsp2s14gfsc38npai7lf-cairo-1.0.4.tar.gz.drv'
+...
+8825586 bytes freed (8.42 MiB)
+```
+
+To delete at least 100 MiBs of unreachable paths:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --gc --max-freed $((100 * 1024 * 1024))
+```
+
+# Operation `--delete`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--delete` [`--ignore-liveness`] *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--delete` deletes the store paths *paths* from the Nix
+store, but only if it is safe to do so; that is, when the path is not
+reachable from a root of the garbage collector. This means that you can
+only delete paths that would also be deleted by `nix-store --gc`. Thus,
+`--delete` is a more targeted version of `--gc`.
+
+With the option `--ignore-liveness`, reachability from the roots is
+ignored. However, the path still won’t be deleted if there are other
+paths in the store that refer to it (i.e., depend on it).
+
+## Example
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --delete /nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4
+0 bytes freed (0.00 MiB)
+error: cannot delete path `/nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4' since it is still alive
+```
+
+# Operation `--query`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` {`--query` | `-q`}
+  {`--outputs` | `--requisites` | `-R` | `--references` |
+  `--referrers` | `--referrers-closure` | `--deriver` | `-d` |
+  `--graph` | `--tree` | `--binding` *name* | `-b` *name* | `--hash` |
+  `--size` | `--roots`}
+  [`--use-output`] [`-u`] [`--force-realise`] [`-f`]
+  *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--query` displays various bits of information about the
+store paths . The queries are described below. At most one query can be
+specified. The default query is `--outputs`.
+
+The paths *paths* may also be symlinks from outside of the Nix store, to
+the Nix store. In that case, the query is applied to the target of the
+symlink.
+
+## Common query options
+
+  - `--use-output`; `-u`\
+    For each argument to the query that is a store derivation, apply the
+    query to the output path of the derivation instead.
+
+  - `--force-realise`; `-f`\
+    Realise each argument to the query first (see [`nix-store
+    --realise`](#operation---realise)).
+
+## Queries
+
+  - `--outputs`\
+    Prints out the [output paths](../glossary.md) of the store
+    derivations *paths*. These are the paths that will be produced when
+    the derivation is built.
+
+  - `--requisites`; `-R`\
+    Prints out the [closure](../glossary.md) of the store path *paths*.
+
+    This query has one option:
+
+      - `--include-outputs`
+        Also include the output path of store derivations, and their
+        closures.
+
+    This query can be used to implement various kinds of deployment. A
+    *source deployment* is obtained by distributing the closure of a
+    store derivation. A *binary deployment* is obtained by distributing
+    the closure of an output path. A *cache deployment* (combined
+    source/binary deployment, including binaries of build-time-only
+    dependencies) is obtained by distributing the closure of a store
+    derivation and specifying the option `--include-outputs`.
+
+  - `--references`\
+    Prints the set of [references](../glossary.md) of the store paths
+    *paths*, that is, their immediate dependencies. (For *all*
+    dependencies, use `--requisites`.)
+
+  - `--referrers`\
+    Prints the set of *referrers* of the store paths *paths*, that is,
+    the store paths currently existing in the Nix store that refer to
+    one of *paths*. Note that contrary to the references, the set of
+    referrers is not constant; it can change as store paths are added or
+    removed.
+
+  - `--referrers-closure`\
+    Prints the closure of the set of store paths *paths* under the
+    referrers relation; that is, all store paths that directly or
+    indirectly refer to one of *paths*. These are all the path currently
+    in the Nix store that are dependent on *paths*.
+
+  - `--deriver`; `-d`\
+    Prints the [deriver](../glossary.md) of the store paths *paths*. If
+    the path has no deriver (e.g., if it is a source file), or if the
+    deriver is not known (e.g., in the case of a binary-only
+    deployment), the string `unknown-deriver` is printed.
+
+  - `--graph`\
+    Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* in the format
+    of the `dot` tool of AT\&T's [Graphviz
+    package](http://www.graphviz.org/). This can be used to visualise
+    dependency graphs. To obtain a build-time dependency graph, apply
+    this to a store derivation. To obtain a runtime dependency graph,
+    apply it to an output path.
+
+  - `--tree`\
+    Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* as a nested
+    ASCII tree. References are ordered by descending closure size; this
+    tends to flatten the tree, making it more readable. The query only
+    recurses into a store path when it is first encountered; this
+    prevents a blowup of the tree representation of the graph.
+
+  - `--graphml`\
+    Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* in the
+    [GraphML](http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/) file format. This can be
+    used to visualise dependency graphs. To obtain a build-time
+    dependency graph, apply this to a store derivation. To obtain a
+    runtime dependency graph, apply it to an output path.
+
+  - `--binding` *name*; `-b` *name*\
+    Prints the value of the attribute *name* (i.e., environment
+    variable) of the store derivations *paths*. It is an error for a
+    derivation to not have the specified attribute.
+
+  - `--hash`\
+    Prints the SHA-256 hash of the contents of the store paths *paths*
+    (that is, the hash of the output of `nix-store --dump` on the given
+    paths). Since the hash is stored in the Nix database, this is a fast
+    operation.
+
+  - `--size`\
+    Prints the size in bytes of the contents of the store paths *paths*
+    — to be precise, the size of the output of `nix-store --dump` on
+    the given paths. Note that the actual disk space required by the
+    store paths may be higher, especially on filesystems with large
+    cluster sizes.
+
+  - `--roots`\
+    Prints the garbage collector roots that point, directly or
+    indirectly, at the store paths *paths*.
+
+## Examples
+
+Print the closure (runtime dependencies) of the `svn` program in the
+current user environment:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -qR $(which svn)
+/nix/store/5mbglq5ldqld8sj57273aljwkfvj22mc-subversion-1.1.4
+/nix/store/9lz9yc6zgmc0vlqmn2ipcpkjlmbi51vv-glibc-2.3.4
+...
+```
+
+Print the build-time dependencies of `svn`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -qR $(nix-store -qd $(which svn))
+/nix/store/02iizgn86m42q905rddvg4ja975bk2i4-grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2.drv
+/nix/store/07a2bzxmzwz5hp58nf03pahrv2ygwgs3-gcc-wrapper.sh
+/nix/store/0ma7c9wsbaxahwwl04gbw3fcd806ski4-glibc-2.3.4.drv
+... lots of other paths ...
+```
+
+The difference with the previous example is that we ask the closure of
+the derivation (`-qd`), not the closure of the output path that contains
+`svn`.
+
+Show the build-time dependencies as a tree:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -q --tree $(nix-store -qd $(which svn))
+/nix/store/7i5082kfb6yjbqdbiwdhhza0am2xvh6c-subversion-1.1.4.drv
++---/nix/store/d8afh10z72n8l1cr5w42366abiblgn54-builder.sh
++---/nix/store/fmzxmpjx2lh849ph0l36snfj9zdibw67-bash-3.0.drv
+|   +---/nix/store/570hmhmx3v57605cqg9yfvvyh0nnb8k8-bash
+|   +---/nix/store/p3srsbd8dx44v2pg6nbnszab5mcwx03v-builder.sh
+...
+```
+
+Show all paths that depend on the same OpenSSL library as `svn`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -q --referrers $(nix-store -q --binding openssl $(nix-store -qd $(which svn)))
+/nix/store/23ny9l9wixx21632y2wi4p585qhva1q8-sylpheed-1.0.0
+/nix/store/5mbglq5ldqld8sj57273aljwkfvj22mc-subversion-1.1.4
+/nix/store/dpmvp969yhdqs7lm2r1a3gng7pyq6vy4-subversion-1.1.3
+/nix/store/l51240xqsgg8a7yrbqdx1rfzyv6l26fx-lynx-2.8.5
+```
+
+Show all paths that directly or indirectly depend on the Glibc (C
+library) used by `svn`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -q --referrers-closure $(ldd $(which svn) | grep /libc.so | awk '{print $3}')
+/nix/store/034a6h4vpz9kds5r6kzb9lhh81mscw43-libgnomeprintui-2.8.2
+/nix/store/15l3yi0d45prm7a82pcrknxdh6nzmxza-gawk-3.1.4
+...
+```
+
+Note that `ldd` is a command that prints out the dynamic libraries used
+by an ELF executable.
+
+Make a picture of the runtime dependency graph of the current user
+environment:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -q --graph ~/.nix-profile | dot -Tps > graph.ps
+$ gv graph.ps
+```
+
+Show every garbage collector root that points to a store path that
+depends on `svn`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -q --roots $(which svn)
+/nix/var/nix/profiles/default-81-link
+/nix/var/nix/profiles/default-82-link
+/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/eelco/profile-97-link
+```
+
+# Operation `--add`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--add` *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--add` adds the specified paths to the Nix store. It
+prints the resulting paths in the Nix store on standard output.
+
+## Example
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --add ./foo.c
+/nix/store/m7lrha58ph6rcnv109yzx1nk1cj7k7zf-foo.c
+```
+
+# Operation `--add-fixed`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--add-fixed` [`--recursive`] *algorithm* *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--add-fixed` adds the specified paths to the Nix store.
+Unlike `--add` paths are registered using the specified hashing
+algorithm, resulting in the same output path as a fixed-output
+derivation. This can be used for sources that are not available from a
+public url or broke since the download expression was written.
+
+This operation has the following options:
+
+  - `--recursive`\
+    Use recursive instead of flat hashing mode, used when adding
+    directories to the store.
+
+## Example
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --add-fixed sha256 ./hello-2.10.tar.gz
+/nix/store/3x7dwzq014bblazs7kq20p9hyzz0qh8g-hello-2.10.tar.gz
+```
+
+# Operation `--verify`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--verify` [`--check-contents`] [`--repair`]
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--verify` verifies the internal consistency of the Nix
+database, and the consistency between the Nix database and the Nix
+store. Any inconsistencies encountered are automatically repaired.
+Inconsistencies are generally the result of the Nix store or database
+being modified by non-Nix tools, or of bugs in Nix itself.
+
+This operation has the following options:
+
+  - `--check-contents`\
+    Checks that the contents of every valid store path has not been
+    altered by computing a SHA-256 hash of the contents and comparing it
+    with the hash stored in the Nix database at build time. Paths that
+    have been modified are printed out. For large stores,
+    `--check-contents` is obviously quite slow.
+
+  - `--repair`\
+    If any valid path is missing from the store, or (if
+    `--check-contents` is given) the contents of a valid path has been
+    modified, then try to repair the path by redownloading it. See
+    `nix-store --repair-path` for details.
+
+# Operation `--verify-path`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--verify-path` *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--verify-path` compares the contents of the given store
+paths to their cryptographic hashes stored in Nix’s database. For every
+changed path, it prints a warning message. The exit status is 0 if no
+path has changed, and 1 otherwise.
+
+## Example
+
+To verify the integrity of the `svn` command and all its dependencies:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --verify-path $(nix-store -qR $(which svn))
+```
+
+# Operation `--repair-path`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--repair-path` *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--repair-path` attempts to “repair” the specified paths
+by redownloading them using the available substituters. If no
+substitutes are available, then repair is not possible.
+
+> **Warning**
+>
+> During repair, there is a very small time window during which the old
+> path (if it exists) is moved out of the way and replaced with the new
+> path. If repair is interrupted in between, then the system may be left
+> in a broken state (e.g., if the path contains a critical system
+> component like the GNU C Library).
+
+## Example
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --verify-path /nix/store/dj7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13
+path `/nix/store/dj7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13' was modified!
+  expected hash `2db57715ae90b7e31ff1f2ecb8c12ec1cc43da920efcbe3b22763f36a1861588',
+  got `481c5aa5483ebc97c20457bb8bca24deea56550d3985cda0027f67fe54b808e4'
+
+$ nix-store --repair-path /nix/store/dj7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13
+fetching path `/nix/store/d7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13'...
+…
+```
+
+# Operation `--dump`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--dump` *path*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--dump` produces a NAR (Nix ARchive) file containing the
+contents of the file system tree rooted at *path*. The archive is
+written to standard output.
+
+A NAR archive is like a TAR or Zip archive, but it contains only the
+information that Nix considers important. For instance, timestamps are
+elided because all files in the Nix store have their timestamp set to 0
+anyway. Likewise, all permissions are left out except for the execute
+bit, because all files in the Nix store have 444 or 555 permission.
+
+Also, a NAR archive is *canonical*, meaning that “equal” paths always
+produce the same NAR archive. For instance, directory entries are
+always sorted so that the actual on-disk order doesn’t influence the
+result.  This means that the cryptographic hash of a NAR dump of a
+path is usable as a fingerprint of the contents of the path. Indeed,
+the hashes of store paths stored in Nix’s database (see `nix-store -q
+--hash`) are SHA-256 hashes of the NAR dump of each store path.
+
+NAR archives support filenames of unlimited length and 64-bit file
+sizes. They can contain regular files, directories, and symbolic links,
+but not other types of files (such as device nodes).
+
+A Nix archive can be unpacked using `nix-store
+--restore`.
+
+# Operation `--restore`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--restore` *path*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--restore` unpacks a NAR archive to *path*, which must
+not already exist. The archive is read from standard input.
+
+# Operation `--export`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--export` *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--export` writes a serialisation of the specified store
+paths to standard output in a format that can be imported into another
+Nix store with `nix-store --import`. This is like `nix-store
+--dump`, except that the NAR archive produced by that command doesn’t
+contain the necessary meta-information to allow it to be imported into
+another Nix store (namely, the set of references of the path).
+
+This command does not produce a *closure* of the specified paths, so if
+a store path references other store paths that are missing in the target
+Nix store, the import will fail. To copy a whole closure, do something
+like:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR paths) > out
+```
+
+To import the whole closure again, run:
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --import < out
+```
+
+# Operation `--import`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--import`
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--import` reads a serialisation of a set of store paths
+produced by `nix-store --export` from standard input and adds those
+store paths to the Nix store. Paths that already exist in the Nix store
+are ignored. If a path refers to another path that doesn’t exist in the
+Nix store, the import fails.
+
+# Operation `--optimise`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--optimise`
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--optimise` reduces Nix store disk space usage by finding
+identical files in the store and hard-linking them to each other. It
+typically reduces the size of the store by something like 25-35%. Only
+regular files and symlinks are hard-linked in this manner. Files are
+considered identical when they have the same NAR archive serialisation:
+that is, regular files must have the same contents and permission
+(executable or non-executable), and symlinks must have the same
+contents.
+
+After completion, or when the command is interrupted, a report on the
+achieved savings is printed on standard error.
+
+Use `-vv` or `-vvv` to get some progress indication.
+
+## Example
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --optimise
+hashing files in `/nix/store/qhqx7l2f1kmwihc9bnxs7rc159hsxnf3-gcc-4.1.1'
+...
+541838819 bytes (516.74 MiB) freed by hard-linking 54143 files;
+there are 114486 files with equal contents out of 215894 files in total
+```
+
+# Operation `--read-log`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` {`--read-log` | `-l`} *paths…*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--read-log` prints the build log of the specified store
+paths on standard output. The build log is whatever the builder of a
+derivation wrote to standard output and standard error. If a store path
+is not a derivation, the deriver of the store path is used.
+
+Build logs are kept in `/nix/var/log/nix/drvs`. However, there is no
+guarantee that a build log is available for any particular store path.
+For instance, if the path was downloaded as a pre-built binary through a
+substitute, then the log is unavailable.
+
+## Example
+
+```console
+$ nix-store -l $(which ktorrent)
+building /nix/store/dhc73pvzpnzxhdgpimsd9sw39di66ph1-ktorrent-2.2.1
+unpacking sources
+unpacking source archive /nix/store/p8n1jpqs27mgkjw07pb5269717nzf5f8-ktorrent-2.2.1.tar.gz
+ktorrent-2.2.1/
+ktorrent-2.2.1/NEWS
+...
+```
+
+# Operation `--dump-db`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--dump-db` [*paths…*]
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--dump-db` writes a dump of the Nix database to standard
+output. It can be loaded into an empty Nix store using `--load-db`. This
+is useful for making backups and when migrating to different database
+schemas.
+
+By default, `--dump-db` will dump the entire Nix database. When one or
+more store paths is passed, only the subset of the Nix database for
+those store paths is dumped. As with `--export`, the user is responsible
+for passing all the store paths for a closure. See `--export` for an
+example.
+
+# Operation `--load-db`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--load-db`
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--load-db` reads a dump of the Nix database created by
+`--dump-db` from standard input and loads it into the Nix database.
+
+# Operation `--print-env`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--print-env` *drvpath*
+
+## Description
+
+The operation `--print-env` prints out the environment of a derivation
+in a format that can be evaluated by a shell. The command line arguments
+of the builder are placed in the variable `_args`.
+
+## Example
+
+```console
+$ nix-store --print-env $(nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' -A firefox)
+…
+export src; src='/nix/store/plpj7qrwcz94z2psh6fchsi7s8yihc7k-firefox-12.0.source.tar.bz2'
+export stdenv; stdenv='/nix/store/7c8asx3yfrg5dg1gzhzyq2236zfgibnn-stdenv'
+export system; system='x86_64-linux'
+export _args; _args='-e /nix/store/9krlzvny65gdc8s7kpb6lkx8cd02c25c-default-builder.sh'
+```
+
+# Operation `--generate-binary-cache-key`
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-store` `--generate-binary-cache-key` *key-name* *secret-key-file* *public-key-file*
+
+## Description
+
+This command generates an [Ed25519 key pair](http://ed25519.cr.yp.to/)
+that can be used to create a signed binary cache. It takes three
+mandatory parameters:
+
+1.  A key name, such as `cache.example.org-1`, that is used to look up
+    keys on the client when it verifies signatures. It can be anything,
+    but it’s suggested to use the host name of your cache (e.g.
+    `cache.example.org`) with a suffix denoting the number of the key
+    (to be incremented every time you need to revoke a key).
+
+2.  The file name where the secret key is to be stored.
+
+3.  The file name where the public key is to be stored.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/add-fixed.md

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --add-fixed` - add paths to store using given hashing algorithm
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--add-fixed` [`--recursive`] *algorithm* *paths…*
-
-## Description
-
-The operation `--add-fixed` adds the specified paths to the Nix store.
-Unlike `--add` paths are registered using the specified hashing
-algorithm, resulting in the same output path as a fixed-output
-derivation. This can be used for sources that are not available from a
-public url or broke since the download expression was written.
-
-This operation has the following options:
-
-  - `--recursive`\
-    Use recursive instead of flat hashing mode, used when adding
-    directories to the store.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-## Example
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --add-fixed sha256 ./hello-2.10.tar.gz
-/nix/store/3x7dwzq014bblazs7kq20p9hyzz0qh8g-hello-2.10.tar.gz
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/add.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --add` - add paths to Nix store
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--add` *paths…*
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--add` adds the specified paths to the Nix store. It
-prints the resulting paths in the Nix store on standard output.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Example
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --add ./foo.c
-/nix/store/m7lrha58ph6rcnv109yzx1nk1cj7k7zf-foo.c
-```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/delete.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --delete` - delete store paths
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--delete` [`--ignore-liveness`] *paths…*
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--delete` deletes the store paths *paths* from the Nix
-store, but only if it is safe to do so; that is, when the path is not
-reachable from a root of the garbage collector. This means that you can
-only delete paths that would also be deleted by `nix-store --gc`. Thus,
-`--delete` is a more targeted version of `--gc`.
-
-With the option `--ignore-liveness`, reachability from the roots is
-ignored. However, the path still won’t be deleted if there are other
-paths in the store that refer to it (i.e., depend on it).
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Example
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --delete /nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4
-0 bytes freed (0.00 MiB)
-error: cannot delete path `/nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4' since it is still alive
-```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/dump-db.md

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --dump-db` - export Nix database
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--dump-db` [*paths…*]
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--dump-db` writes a dump of the Nix database to standard
-output. It can be loaded into an empty Nix store using `--load-db`. This
-is useful for making backups and when migrating to different database
-schemas.
-
-By default, `--dump-db` will dump the entire Nix database. When one or
-more store paths is passed, only the subset of the Nix database for
-those store paths is dumped. As with `--export`, the user is responsible
-for passing all the store paths for a closure. See `--export` for an
-example.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --dump` - write a single path to a Nix Archive
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--dump` *path*
-
-## Description
-
-The operation `--dump` produces a NAR (Nix ARchive) file containing the
-contents of the file system tree rooted at *path*. The archive is
-written to standard output.
-
-A NAR archive is like a TAR or Zip archive, but it contains only the
-information that Nix considers important. For instance, timestamps are
-elided because all files in the Nix store have their timestamp set to 0
-anyway. Likewise, all permissions are left out except for the execute
-bit, because all files in the Nix store have 444 or 555 permission.
-
-Also, a NAR archive is *canonical*, meaning that “equal” paths always
-produce the same NAR archive. For instance, directory entries are
-always sorted so that the actual on-disk order doesn’t influence the
-result.  This means that the cryptographic hash of a NAR dump of a
-path is usable as a fingerprint of the contents of the path. Indeed,
-the hashes of store paths stored in Nix’s database (see `nix-store --query
---hash`) are SHA-256 hashes of the NAR dump of each store path.
-
-NAR archives support filenames of unlimited length and 64-bit file
-sizes. They can contain regular files, directories, and symbolic links,
-but not other types of files (such as device nodes).
-
-A Nix archive can be unpacked using `nix-store
---restore`.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/export.md

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --export` - export store paths to a Nix Archive
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--export` *paths…*
-
-## Description
-
-The operation `--export` writes a serialisation of the specified store
-paths to standard output in a format that can be imported into another
-Nix store with `nix-store --import`. This is like `nix-store
---dump`, except that the NAR archive produced by that command doesn’t
-contain the necessary meta-information to allow it to be imported into
-another Nix store (namely, the set of references of the path).
-
-This command does not produce a *closure* of the specified paths, so if
-a store path references other store paths that are missing in the target
-Nix store, the import will fail.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-To copy a whole closure, do something
-like:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites paths) > out
-```
-
-To import the whole closure again, run:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --import < out
-```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/gc.md

@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --gc` - run garbage collection
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--gc` [`--print-roots` | `--print-live` | `--print-dead`] [`--max-freed` *bytes*]
-
-# Description
-
-Without additional flags, the operation `--gc` performs a garbage
-collection on the Nix store. That is, all paths in the Nix store not
-reachable via file system references from a set of “roots”, are deleted.
-
-The following suboperations may be specified:
-
-  - `--print-roots`\
-    This operation prints on standard output the set of roots used by
-    the garbage collector.
-
-  - `--print-live`\
-    This operation prints on standard output the set of “live” store
-    paths, which are all the store paths reachable from the roots. Live
-    paths should never be deleted, since that would break consistency —
-    it would become possible that applications are installed that
-    reference things that are no longer present in the store.
-
-  - `--print-dead`\
-    This operation prints out on standard output the set of “dead” store
-    paths, which is just the opposite of the set of live paths: any path
-    in the store that is not live (with respect to the roots) is dead.
-
-By default, all unreachable paths are deleted. The following options
-control what gets deleted and in what order:
-
-  - `--max-freed` *bytes*\
-    Keep deleting paths until at least *bytes* bytes have been deleted,
-    then stop. The argument *bytes* can be followed by the
-    multiplicative suffix `K`, `M`, `G` or `T`, denoting KiB, MiB, GiB
-    or TiB units.
-
-The behaviour of the collector is also influenced by the
-`keep-outputs` and `keep-derivations` settings in the Nix
-configuration file.
-
-By default, the collector prints the total number of freed bytes when it
-finishes (or when it is interrupted). With `--print-dead`, it prints the
-number of bytes that would be freed.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-To delete all unreachable paths, just do:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --gc
-deleting `/nix/store/kq82idx6g0nyzsp2s14gfsc38npai7lf-cairo-1.0.4.tar.gz.drv'
-...
-8825586 bytes freed (8.42 MiB)
-```
-
-To delete at least 100 MiBs of unreachable paths:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --gc --max-freed $((100 * 1024 * 1024))
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/generate-binary-cache-key.md

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key` - generate key pair to use for a binary cache
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--generate-binary-cache-key` *key-name* *secret-key-file* *public-key-file*
-
-## Description
-
-This command generates an [Ed25519 key pair](http://ed25519.cr.yp.to/)
-that can be used to create a signed binary cache. It takes three
-mandatory parameters:
-
-1.  A key name, such as `cache.example.org-1`, that is used to look up
-    keys on the client when it verifies signatures. It can be anything,
-    but it’s suggested to use the host name of your cache (e.g.
-    `cache.example.org`) with a suffix denoting the number of the key
-    (to be incremented every time you need to revoke a key).
-
-2.  The file name where the secret key is to be stored.
-
-3.  The file name where the public key is to be stored.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/import.md

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --import` - import Nix Archive into the store
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--import`
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--import` reads a serialisation of a set of store paths
-produced by `nix-store --export` from standard input and adds those
-store paths to the Nix store. Paths that already exist in the Nix store
-are ignored. If a path refers to another path that doesn’t exist in the
-Nix store, the import fails.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/load-db.md

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --load-db` - import Nix database
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--load-db`
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--load-db` reads a dump of the Nix database created by
-`--dump-db` from standard input and loads it into the Nix database.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/opt-common.md

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Options
-
-The following options are allowed for all `nix-store` operations, but may not always have an effect.
-
-- <span id="opt-add-root">[`--add-root`](#opt-add-root)</span> *path*
-
-  Causes the result of a realisation (`--realise` and
-  `--force-realise`) to be registered as a root of the garbage
-  collector. *path* will be created as a symlink to the resulting
-  store path. In addition, a uniquely named symlink to *path* will
-  be created in `/nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/`. For instance,
-
-  ```console
-  $ nix-store --add-root /home/eelco/bla/result --realise ...
-
-  $ ls -l /nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto
-  lrwxrwxrwx    1 ... 2005-03-13 21:10 dn54lcypm8f8... -> /home/eelco/bla/result
-
-  $ ls -l /home/eelco/bla/result
-  lrwxrwxrwx    1 ... 2005-03-13 21:10 /home/eelco/bla/result -> /nix/store/1r11343n6qd4...-f-spot-0.0.10
-  ```
-
-  Thus, when `/home/eelco/bla/result` is removed, the GC root in the
-  `auto` directory becomes a dangling symlink and will be ignored by
-  the collector.
-
-  > **Warning**
-  >
-  > Note that it is not possible to move or rename GC roots, since
-  > the symlink in the `auto` directory will still point to the old
-  > location.
-
-  If there are multiple results, then multiple symlinks will be
-  created by sequentially numbering symlinks beyond the first one
-  (e.g., `foo`, `foo-2`, `foo-3`, and so on).
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/optimise.md

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --optimise` - reduce disk space usage
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--optimise`
-
-## Description
-
-The operation `--optimise` reduces Nix store disk space usage by finding
-identical files in the store and hard-linking them to each other. It
-typically reduces the size of the store by something like 25-35%. Only
-regular files and symlinks are hard-linked in this manner. Files are
-considered identical when they have the same NAR archive serialisation:
-that is, regular files must have the same contents and permission
-(executable or non-executable), and symlinks must have the same
-contents.
-
-After completion, or when the command is interrupted, a report on the
-achieved savings is printed on standard error.
-
-Use `-vv` or `-vvv` to get some progress indication.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-## Example
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --optimise
-hashing files in `/nix/store/qhqx7l2f1kmwihc9bnxs7rc159hsxnf3-gcc-4.1.1'
-...
-541838819 bytes (516.74 MiB) freed by hard-linking 54143 files;
-there are 114486 files with equal contents out of 215894 files in total
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/print-env.md

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --print-env` - print the build environment of a derivation
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--print-env` *drvpath*
-
-## Description
-
-The operation `--print-env` prints out the environment of a derivation
-in a format that can be evaluated by a shell. The command line arguments
-of the builder are placed in the variable `_args`.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-## Example
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --print-env $(nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' -A firefox)
-…
-export src; src='/nix/store/plpj7qrwcz94z2psh6fchsi7s8yihc7k-firefox-12.0.source.tar.bz2'
-export stdenv; stdenv='/nix/store/7c8asx3yfrg5dg1gzhzyq2236zfgibnn-stdenv'
-export system; system='x86_64-linux'
-export _args; _args='-e /nix/store/9krlzvny65gdc8s7kpb6lkx8cd02c25c-default-builder.sh'
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/query.md

@@ -1,220 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --query` - display information about store paths
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` {`--query` | `-q`}
-  {`--outputs` | `--requisites` | `-R` | `--references` |
-  `--referrers` | `--referrers-closure` | `--deriver` | `-d` |
-  `--graph` | `--tree` | `--binding` *name* | `-b` *name* | `--hash` |
-  `--size` | `--roots`}
-  [`--use-output`] [`-u`] [`--force-realise`] [`-f`]
-  *paths…*
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--query` displays various bits of information about the
-store paths . The queries are described below. At most one query can be
-specified. The default query is `--outputs`.
-
-The paths *paths* may also be symlinks from outside of the Nix store, to
-the Nix store. In that case, the query is applied to the target of the
-symlink.
-
-# Common query options
-
-  - `--use-output`; `-u`\
-    For each argument to the query that is a [store derivation], apply the
-    query to the output path of the derivation instead.
-
-  - `--force-realise`; `-f`\
-    Realise each argument to the query first (see [`nix-store --realise`](./realise.md)).
-
-[store derivation]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
-
-# Queries
-
-  - `--outputs`\
-    Prints out the [output paths] of the store
-    derivations *paths*. These are the paths that will be produced when
-    the derivation is built.
-
-    [output paths]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-output-path
-
-  - `--requisites`; `-R`\
-    Prints out the [closure] of the store path *paths*.
-
-    [closure]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-closure
-
-    This query has one option:
-
-      - `--include-outputs`
-        Also include the existing output paths of [store derivation]s,
-        and their closures.
-
-    This query can be used to implement various kinds of deployment. A
-    *source deployment* is obtained by distributing the closure of a
-    store derivation. A *binary deployment* is obtained by distributing
-    the closure of an output path. A *cache deployment* (combined
-    source/binary deployment, including binaries of build-time-only
-    dependencies) is obtained by distributing the closure of a store
-    derivation and specifying the option `--include-outputs`.
-
-  - `--references`\
-    Prints the set of [references] of the store paths
-    *paths*, that is, their immediate dependencies. (For *all*
-    dependencies, use `--requisites`.)
-
-    [references]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-reference
-
-  - `--referrers`\
-    Prints the set of *referrers* of the store paths *paths*, that is,
-    the store paths currently existing in the Nix store that refer to
-    one of *paths*. Note that contrary to the references, the set of
-    referrers is not constant; it can change as store paths are added or
-    removed.
-
-  - `--referrers-closure`\
-    Prints the closure of the set of store paths *paths* under the
-    referrers relation; that is, all store paths that directly or
-    indirectly refer to one of *paths*. These are all the path currently
-    in the Nix store that are dependent on *paths*.
-
-  - `--deriver`; `-d`\
-    Prints the [deriver] of the store paths *paths*. If
-    the path has no deriver (e.g., if it is a source file), or if the
-    deriver is not known (e.g., in the case of a binary-only
-    deployment), the string `unknown-deriver` is printed.
-
-    [deriver]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-deriver
-
-  - `--graph`\
-    Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* in the format
-    of the `dot` tool of AT\&T's [Graphviz
-    package](http://www.graphviz.org/). This can be used to visualise
-    dependency graphs. To obtain a build-time dependency graph, apply
-    this to a store derivation. To obtain a runtime dependency graph,
-    apply it to an output path.
-
-  - `--tree`\
-    Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* as a nested
-    ASCII tree. References are ordered by descending closure size; this
-    tends to flatten the tree, making it more readable. The query only
-    recurses into a store path when it is first encountered; this
-    prevents a blowup of the tree representation of the graph.
-
-  - `--graphml`\
-    Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* in the
-    [GraphML](http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/) file format. This can be
-    used to visualise dependency graphs. To obtain a build-time
-    dependency graph, apply this to a [store derivation]. To obtain a
-    runtime dependency graph, apply it to an output path.
-
-  - `--binding` *name*; `-b` *name*\
-    Prints the value of the attribute *name* (i.e., environment
-    variable) of the [store derivation]s *paths*. It is an error for a
-    derivation to not have the specified attribute.
-
-  - `--hash`\
-    Prints the SHA-256 hash of the contents of the store paths *paths*
-    (that is, the hash of the output of `nix-store --dump` on the given
-    paths). Since the hash is stored in the Nix database, this is a fast
-    operation.
-
-  - `--size`\
-    Prints the size in bytes of the contents of the store paths *paths*
-    — to be precise, the size of the output of `nix-store --dump` on
-    the given paths. Note that the actual disk space required by the
-    store paths may be higher, especially on filesystems with large
-    cluster sizes.
-
-  - `--roots`\
-    Prints the garbage collector roots that point, directly or
-    indirectly, at the store paths *paths*.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-Print the closure (runtime dependencies) of the `svn` program in the
-current user environment:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --query --requisites $(which svn)
-/nix/store/5mbglq5ldqld8sj57273aljwkfvj22mc-subversion-1.1.4
-/nix/store/9lz9yc6zgmc0vlqmn2ipcpkjlmbi51vv-glibc-2.3.4
-...
-```
-
-Print the build-time dependencies of `svn`:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --query --requisites $(nix-store --query --deriver $(which svn))
-/nix/store/02iizgn86m42q905rddvg4ja975bk2i4-grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2.drv
-/nix/store/07a2bzxmzwz5hp58nf03pahrv2ygwgs3-gcc-wrapper.sh
-/nix/store/0ma7c9wsbaxahwwl04gbw3fcd806ski4-glibc-2.3.4.drv
-... lots of other paths ...
-```
-
-The difference with the previous example is that we ask the closure of
-the derivation (`-qd`), not the closure of the output path that contains
-`svn`.
-
-Show the build-time dependencies as a tree:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --query --tree $(nix-store --query --deriver $(which svn))
-/nix/store/7i5082kfb6yjbqdbiwdhhza0am2xvh6c-subversion-1.1.4.drv
-+---/nix/store/d8afh10z72n8l1cr5w42366abiblgn54-builder.sh
-+---/nix/store/fmzxmpjx2lh849ph0l36snfj9zdibw67-bash-3.0.drv
-|   +---/nix/store/570hmhmx3v57605cqg9yfvvyh0nnb8k8-bash
-|   +---/nix/store/p3srsbd8dx44v2pg6nbnszab5mcwx03v-builder.sh
-...
-```
-
-Show all paths that depend on the same OpenSSL library as `svn`:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --query --referrers $(nix-store --query --binding openssl $(nix-store --query --deriver $(which svn)))
-/nix/store/23ny9l9wixx21632y2wi4p585qhva1q8-sylpheed-1.0.0
-/nix/store/5mbglq5ldqld8sj57273aljwkfvj22mc-subversion-1.1.4
-/nix/store/dpmvp969yhdqs7lm2r1a3gng7pyq6vy4-subversion-1.1.3
-/nix/store/l51240xqsgg8a7yrbqdx1rfzyv6l26fx-lynx-2.8.5
-```
-
-Show all paths that directly or indirectly depend on the Glibc (C
-library) used by `svn`:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --query --referrers-closure $(ldd $(which svn) | grep /libc.so | awk '{print $3}')
-/nix/store/034a6h4vpz9kds5r6kzb9lhh81mscw43-libgnomeprintui-2.8.2
-/nix/store/15l3yi0d45prm7a82pcrknxdh6nzmxza-gawk-3.1.4
-...
-```
-
-Note that `ldd` is a command that prints out the dynamic libraries used
-by an ELF executable.
-
-Make a picture of the runtime dependency graph of the current user
-environment:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --query --graph ~/.nix-profile | dot -Tps > graph.ps
-$ gv graph.ps
-```
-
-Show every garbage collector root that points to a store path that
-depends on `svn`:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --query --roots $(which svn)
-/nix/var/nix/profiles/default-81-link
-/nix/var/nix/profiles/default-82-link
-/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-97-link
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --read-log` - print build log
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` {`--read-log` | `-l`} *paths…*
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--read-log` prints the build log of the specified store
-paths on standard output. The build log is whatever the builder of a
-derivation wrote to standard output and standard error. If a store path
-is not a derivation, the deriver of the store path is used.
-
-Build logs are kept in `/nix/var/log/nix/drvs`. However, there is no
-guarantee that a build log is available for any particular store path.
-For instance, if the path was downloaded as a pre-built binary through a
-substitute, then the log is unavailable.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Example
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --read-log $(which ktorrent)
-building /nix/store/dhc73pvzpnzxhdgpimsd9sw39di66ph1-ktorrent-2.2.1
-unpacking sources
-unpacking source archive /nix/store/p8n1jpqs27mgkjw07pb5269717nzf5f8-ktorrent-2.2.1.tar.gz
-ktorrent-2.2.1/
-ktorrent-2.2.1/NEWS
-...
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md

@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --realise` - realise specified store paths
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` {`--realise` | `-r`} *paths…* [`--dry-run`]
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--realise` essentially “builds” the specified store
-paths. Realisation is a somewhat overloaded term:
-
-  - If the store path is a *derivation*, realisation ensures that the
-    output paths of the derivation are [valid] (i.e.,
-    the output path and its closure exist in the file system). This
-    can be done in several ways. First, it is possible that the
-    outputs are already valid, in which case we are done
-    immediately. Otherwise, there may be [substitutes]
-    that produce the outputs (e.g., by downloading them). Finally, the
-    outputs can be produced by running the build task described
-    by the derivation.
-
-  - If the store path is not a derivation, realisation ensures that the
-    specified path is valid (i.e., it and its closure exist in the file
-    system). If the path is already valid, we are done immediately.
-    Otherwise, the path and any missing paths in its closure may be
-    produced through substitutes. If there are no (successful)
-    substitutes, realisation fails.
-
-[valid]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-validity
-[substitutes]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-substitute
-
-The output path of each derivation is printed on standard output. (For
-non-derivations argument, the argument itself is printed.)
-
-The following flags are available:
-
-  - `--dry-run`\
-    Print on standard error a description of what packages would be
-    built or downloaded, without actually performing the operation.
-
-  - `--ignore-unknown`\
-    If a non-derivation path does not have a substitute, then silently
-    ignore it.
-
-  - `--check`\
-    This option allows you to check whether a derivation is
-    deterministic. It rebuilds the specified derivation and checks
-    whether the result is bitwise-identical with the existing outputs,
-    printing an error if that’s not the case. The outputs of the
-    specified derivation must already exist. When used with `-K`, if an
-    output path is not identical to the corresponding output from the
-    previous build, the new output path is left in
-    `/nix/store/name.check.`
-
-Special exit codes:
-
-  - `100`\
-    Generic build failure, the builder process returned with a non-zero
-    exit code.
-
-  - `101`\
-    Build timeout, the build was aborted because it did not complete
-    within the specified `timeout`.
-
-  - `102`\
-    Hash mismatch, the build output was rejected because it does not
-    match the [`outputHash` attribute of the
-    derivation](@docroot@/language/advanced-attributes.md).
-
-  - `104`\
-    Not deterministic, the build succeeded in check mode but the
-    resulting output is not binary reproducible.
-
-With the `--keep-going` flag it's possible for multiple failures to
-occur, in this case the 1xx status codes are or combined using binary
-or.
-
-    1100100
-       ^^^^
-       |||`- timeout
-       ||`-- output hash mismatch
-       |`--- build failure
-       `---- not deterministic
-
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-This operation is typically used to build [store derivation]s produced by
-[`nix-instantiate`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md):
-
-[store derivation]: @docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --realise $(nix-instantiate ./test.nix)
-/nix/store/31axcgrlbfsxzmfff1gyj1bf62hvkby2-aterm-2.3.1
-```
-
-This is essentially what [`nix-build`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-build.md) does.
-
-To test whether a previously-built derivation is deterministic:
-
-```console
-$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr hello --check -K
-```
-
-Use [`nix-store --read-log`](./read-log.md) to show the stderr and stdout of a build:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --read-log $(nix-instantiate ./test.nix)
-```

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/repair-path.md

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix --repair-path` - re-download path from substituter
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--repair-path` *paths…*
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--repair-path` attempts to “repair” the specified paths
-by redownloading them using the available substituters. If no
-substitutes are available, then repair is not possible.
-
-> **Warning**
->
-> During repair, there is a very small time window during which the old
-> path (if it exists) is moved out of the way and replaced with the new
-> path. If repair is interrupted in between, then the system may be left
-> in a broken state (e.g., if the path contains a critical system
-> component like the GNU C Library).
-
-# Example
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --verify-path /nix/store/dj7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13
-path `/nix/store/dj7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13' was modified!
-  expected hash `2db57715ae90b7e31ff1f2ecb8c12ec1cc43da920efcbe3b22763f36a1861588',
-  got `481c5aa5483ebc97c20457bb8bca24deea56550d3985cda0027f67fe54b808e4'
-
-$ nix-store --repair-path /nix/store/dj7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13
-fetching path `/nix/store/d7a81wsm1ijwwpkks3725661h3263p5-glibc-2.13'...
-…
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/restore.md

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --restore` - extract a Nix archive
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--restore` *path*
-
-## Description
-
-The operation `--restore` unpacks a NAR archive to *path*, which must
-not already exist. The archive is read from standard input.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/serve.md

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --serve` - serve local Nix store over SSH
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--serve` [`--write`]
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--serve` provides access to the Nix store over stdin and
-stdout, and is intended to be used as a means of providing Nix store
-access to a restricted ssh user.
-
-The following flags are available:
-
-  - `--write`\
-    Allow the connected client to request the realization of
-    derivations. In effect, this can be used to make the host act as a
-    remote builder.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-# Examples
-
-To turn a host into a build server, the `authorized_keys` file can be
-used to provide build access to a given SSH public key:
-
-```console
-$ cat <<EOF >>/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-command="nice -n20 nix-store --serve --write" ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAA...
-EOF
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --verify-path` - check path contents against Nix database
-
-## Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--verify-path` *paths…*
-
-## Description
-
-The operation `--verify-path` compares the contents of the given store
-paths to their cryptographic hashes stored in Nix’s database. For every
-changed path, it prints a warning message. The exit status is 0 if no
-path has changed, and 1 otherwise.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}
-
-## Example
-
-To verify the integrity of the `svn` command and all its dependencies:
-
-```console
-$ nix-store --verify-path $(nix-store --query --requisites $(which svn))
-```
-

doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/verify.md

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Name
-
-`nix-store --verify` - check Nix database for consistency
-
-# Synopsis
-
-`nix-store` `--verify` [`--check-contents`] [`--repair`]
-
-# Description
-
-The operation `--verify` verifies the internal consistency of the Nix
-database, and the consistency between the Nix database and the Nix
-store. Any inconsistencies encountered are automatically repaired.
-Inconsistencies are generally the result of the Nix store or database
-being modified by non-Nix tools, or of bugs in Nix itself.
-
-This operation has the following options:
-
-  - `--check-contents`\
-    Checks that the contents of every valid store path has not been
-    altered by computing a SHA-256 hash of the contents and comparing it
-    with the hash stored in the Nix database at build time. Paths that
-    have been modified are printed out. For large stores,
-    `--check-contents` is obviously quite slow.
-
-  - `--repair`\
-    If any valid path is missing from the store, or (if
-    `--check-contents` is given) the contents of a valid path has been
-    modified, then try to repair the path by redownloading it. See
-    `nix-store --repair-path` for details.
-
-{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
-
-{{#include ../env-common.md}}

doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
 
-  - <span id="opt-help">[`--help`](#opt-help)</span>\
+  - `--help`\
     Prints out a summary of the command syntax and exits.
 
-  - <span id="opt-version">[`--version`](#opt-version)</span>\
+  - `--version`\
     Prints out the Nix version number on standard output and exits.
 
-  - <span id="opt-verbose">[`--verbose`](#opt-verbose)</span> / `-v`\
+  - `--verbose` / `-v`\
     Increases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed on
     standard error. For each Nix operation, the information printed on
     standard output is well-defined; any diagnostic information is
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
       - 5\
         “Vomit”: print vast amounts of debug information.
 
-  - <span id="opt-quiet">[`--quiet`](#opt-quiet)</span>\
+  - `--quiet`\
     Decreases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed on
     standard error. This is the inverse option to `-v` / `--verbose`.
 
     This option may be specified repeatedly. See the previous verbosity
     levels list.
 
-  - <span id="opt-log-format">[`--log-format`](#opt-log-format)</span> *format*\
+  - `--log-format` *format*\
     This option can be used to change the output of the log format, with
     *format* being one of:
 
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
       - bar-with-logs\
         Display the raw logs, with the progress bar at the bottom.
 
-  - <span id="opt-no-build-output">[`--no-build-output`](#opt-no-build-output)</span> / `-Q`\
+  - `--no-build-output` / `-Q`\
     By default, output written by builders to standard output and
     standard error is echoed to the Nix command's standard error. This
     option suppresses this behaviour. Note that the builder's standard
     output and error are always written to a log file in
     `prefix/nix/var/log/nix`.
 
-  - <span id="opt-max-jobs">[`--max-jobs`](#opt-max-jobs)</span> / `-j` *number*\
+  - `--max-jobs` / `-j` *number*\
     Sets the maximum number of build jobs that Nix will perform in
     parallel to the specified number. Specify `auto` to use the number
     of CPUs in the system. The default is specified by the `max-jobs`
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
     Setting it to `0` disallows building on the local machine, which is
     useful when you want builds to happen only on remote builders.
 
-  - <span id="opt-cores">[`--cores`](#opt-cores)</span>\
+  - `--cores`\
     Sets the value of the `NIX_BUILD_CORES` environment variable in
     the invocation of builders. Builders can use this variable at
     their discretion to control the maximum amount of parallelism. For
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
     means that the builder should use all available CPU cores in the
     system.
 
-  - <span id="opt-max-silent-time">[`--max-silent-time`](#opt-max-silent-time)</span>\
+  - `--max-silent-time`\
     Sets the maximum number of seconds that a builder can go without
     producing any data on standard output or standard error. The
     default is specified by the `max-silent-time` configuration
     setting. `0` means no time-out.
 
-  - <span id="opt-timeout">[`--timeout`](#opt-timeout)</span>\
+  - `--timeout`\
     Sets the maximum number of seconds that a builder can run. The
     default is specified by the `timeout` configuration setting. `0`
     means no timeout.
 
-  - <span id="opt-keep-going">[`--keep-going`](#opt-keep-going)</span> / `-k`\
+  - `--keep-going` / `-k`\
     Keep going in case of failed builds, to the greatest extent
     possible. That is, if building an input of some derivation fails,
     Nix will still build the other inputs, but not the derivation
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
     for builds of substitutes), possibly killing builds in progress (in
     case of parallel or distributed builds).
 
-  - <span id="opt-keep-failed">[`--keep-failed`](#opt-keep-failed)</span> / `-K`\
+  - `--keep-failed` / `-K`\
     Specifies that in case of a build failure, the temporary directory
     (usually in `/tmp`) in which the build takes place should not be
     deleted. The path of the build directory is printed as an
     informational message.
 
-  - <span id="opt-fallback">[`--fallback`](#opt-fallback)</span>\
+  - `--fallback`\
     Whenever Nix attempts to build a derivation for which substitutes
     are known for each output path, but realising the output paths
     through the substitutes fails, fall back on building the derivation.
@@ -134,18 +134,18 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
     failure in obtaining the substitutes to lead to a full build from
     source (with the related consumption of resources).
 
-  - <span id="opt-readonly-mode">[`--readonly-mode`](#opt-readonly-mode)</span>\
+  - `--readonly-mode`\
     When this option is used, no attempt is made to open the Nix
     database. Most Nix operations do need database access, so those
     operations will fail.
 
-  - <span id="opt-arg">[`--arg`](#opt-arg)</span> *name* *value*\
+  - `--arg` *name* *value*\
     This option is accepted by `nix-env`, `nix-instantiate`,
     `nix-shell` and `nix-build`. When evaluating Nix expressions, the
     expression evaluator will automatically try to call functions that
     it encounters. It can automatically call functions for which every
     argument has a [default
-    value](@docroot@/language/constructs.md#functions) (e.g.,
+    value](../expressions/language-constructs.md#functions) (e.g.,
     `{ argName ?  defaultValue }: ...`). With `--arg`, you can also
     call functions that have arguments without a default value (or
     override a default value). That is, if the evaluator encounters a
@@ -162,28 +162,28 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
     }: ...
     ```
 
-    So if you call this Nix expression (e.g., when you do `nix-env --install --attr
+    So if you call this Nix expression (e.g., when you do `nix-env -i
     pkgname`), the function will be called automatically using the
-    value [`builtins.currentSystem`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md) for
+    value [`builtins.currentSystem`](../expressions/builtins.md) for
     the `system` argument. You can override this using `--arg`, e.g.,
-    `nix-env --install --attr pkgname --arg system \"i686-freebsd\"`. (Note that
+    `nix-env -i pkgname --arg system \"i686-freebsd\"`. (Note that
     since the argument is a Nix string literal, you have to escape the
     quotes.)
 
-  - <span id="opt-argstr">[`--argstr`](#opt-argstr)</span> *name* *value*\
+  - `--argstr` *name* *value*\
     This option is like `--arg`, only the value is not a Nix
     expression but a string. So instead of `--arg system
     \"i686-linux\"` (the outer quotes are to keep the shell happy) you
     can say `--argstr system i686-linux`.
 
-  - <span id="opt-attr">[`--attr`](#opt-attr)</span> / `-A` *attrPath*\
+  - `--attr` / `-A` *attrPath*\
     Select an attribute from the top-level Nix expression being
     evaluated. (`nix-env`, `nix-instantiate`, `nix-build` and
     `nix-shell` only.) The *attribute path* *attrPath* is a sequence
     of attribute names separated by dots. For instance, given a
     top-level Nix expression *e*, the attribute path `xorg.xorgserver`
     would cause the expression `e.xorg.xorgserver` to be used. See
-    [`nix-env --install`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-env/install.md) for some
+    [`nix-env --install`](nix-env.md#operation---install) for some
     concrete examples.
 
     In addition to attribute names, you can also specify array indices.
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
     attribute of the fourth element of the array in the `foo` attribute
     of the top-level expression.
 
-  - <span id="opt-expr">[`--expr`](#opt-expr)</span> / `-E`\
+  - `--expr` / `-E`\
     Interpret the command line arguments as a list of Nix expressions to
     be parsed and evaluated, rather than as a list of file names of Nix
     expressions. (`nix-instantiate`, `nix-build` and `nix-shell` only.)
@@ -199,19 +199,20 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options:
     For `nix-shell`, this option is commonly used to give you a shell in
     which you can build the packages returned by the expression. If you
     want to get a shell which contain the *built* packages ready for
-    use, give your expression to the `nix-shell --packages ` convenience flag
+    use, give your expression to the `nix-shell -p` convenience flag
     instead.
 
-  - <span id="opt-I">[`-I`](#opt-I)</span> *path*\
-    Add an entry to the [Nix expression search path](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-nix-path).
-    This option may be given multiple times.
-    Paths added through `-I` take precedence over [`NIX_PATH`](@docroot@/command-ref/env-common.md#env-NIX_PATH).
+  - `-I` *path*\
+    Add a path to the Nix expression search path. This option may be
+    given multiple times. See the `NIX_PATH` environment variable for
+    information on the semantics of the Nix search path. Paths added
+    through `-I` take precedence over `NIX_PATH`.
 
-  - <span id="opt-option">[`--option`](#opt-option)</span> *name* *value*\
+  - `--option` *name* *value*\
     Set the Nix configuration option *name* to *value*. This overrides
     settings in the Nix configuration file (see nix.conf5).
 
-  - <span id="opt-repair">[`--repair`](#opt-repair)</span>\
+  - `--repair`\
     Fix corrupted or missing store paths by redownloading or rebuilding
     them. Note that this is slow because it requires computing a
     cryptographic hash of the contents of every path in the closure of

doc/manual/src/contributing/cli-guideline.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Goals
 
 Purpose of this document is to provide a clear direction to **help design
-delightful command line** experience. This document contains guidelines to
+delightful command line** experience. This document contain guidelines to
 follow to ensure a consistent and approachable user experience.
 
 ## Overview
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impacted the most by bad user experience.
 # Help is essential
 
 Help should be built into your command line so that new users can gradually
-discover new features when they need them.
+discover new features when they need them. 
 
 ## Looking for help
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ The rules are:
 
 - Help is shown by using `--help` or `help` command (eg `nix` `--``help` or
   `nix help`).
-- For non-COMMANDs (eg. `nix` `--``help` and `nix store` `--``help`) we **show
+- For non-COMMANDs (eg. `nix` `--``help`  and `nix store` `--``help`) we **show
   a summary** of most common use cases. Summary is presented on the STDOUT
   without any use of PAGER.
 - For COMMANDs (eg. `nix init` `--``help` or `nix help init`) we display the
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ $ nix init --template=template#pyton
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Initializing Nix project at `/path/to/here`.
       Select a template for you new project:
-          |> template#python
+          |> template#pyton
              template#python-pip
              template#python-poetry
 ```
@@ -230,17 +230,17 @@ Now **Learn** part of the output is where you educate users. You should only
 show it when you know that a build will take some time and not annoy users of
 the builds that take only few seconds.
 
-Every feature like this should go through an intensive review and testing to
-collect as much feedback as possible and to fine tune every little detail. If
+Every feature like this should go though a intensive review and testing to
+collect as much a feedback as possible and to fine tune every little detail. If
 done right this can be an awesome features beginners and advance users will
 love, but if not done perfectly it will annoy users and leave bad impression.
 
 # Input
 
-Input to a command is provided via `ARGUMENTS` and `OPTIONS`.
+Input to a command is provided via `ARGUMENTS` and `OPTIONS`. 
 
 `ARGUMENTS` represent a required input for a function. When choosing to use
-`ARGUMENTS` over `OPTIONS` please be aware of the downsides that come with it:
+`ARGUMENT` over function please be aware of the downsides that come with it:
 
 - User will need to remember the order of `ARGUMENTS`. This is not a problem if
   there is only one `ARGUMENT`.
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ developer consider the downsides and choose wisely.
 
 ## Naming the `OPTIONS`
 
-The only naming convention - apart from the ones mentioned in Naming the
+Then only naming convention - apart from the ones mentioned in Naming the
 `COMMANDS` section is how flags are named.
 
 Flags are a type of `OPTION` that represent an option that can be turned ON of
@@ -271,12 +271,12 @@ to improve the discoverability of possible input. A new user will most likely
 not know which `ARGUMENTS` and `OPTIONS` are required or which values are
 possible for those options.
 
-In case the user does not provide the input or they provide wrong input,
-rather than show the error, prompt a user with an option to find and select
+In cases, the user might not provide the input or they provide wrong input,
+rather then show the error, prompt a user with an option to find and select
 correct input (see examples).
 
 Prompting is of course not required when TTY is not attached to STDIN. This
-would mean that scripts won't need to handle prompt, but rather handle errors.
+would mean that scripts wont need to handle prompt, but rather handle errors.
 
 A place to use prompt and provide user with interactive select
 
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ going to happen.
 ```shell
 $ nix build --option substitutors https://cache.example.org
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Warning! A security related question needs to be answered.
+  Warning! A security related question need to be answered.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`:
+  The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`: 
     - https://cache.example.org
 
   Do you allow `my-project` to use above mentioned substitutors?
@@ -311,14 +311,14 @@ $ nix build --option substitutors https://cache.example.org
 
 # Output
 
-Terminal output can be quite limiting in many ways. Which should force us to
+Terminal output can be quite limiting in many ways. Which should forces us to
 think about the experience even more. As with every design the output is a
 compromise between being terse and being verbose, between showing help to
 beginners and annoying advance users. For this it is important that we know
 what are the priorities.
 
 Nix command line should be first and foremost written with beginners in mind.
-But users won't stay beginners for long and what was once useful might quickly
+But users wont stay beginners for long and what was once useful might quickly
 become annoying. There is no golden rule that we can give in this guideline
 that would make it easier how to draw a line and find best compromise.
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ also allowing them to redirect content to a file. For example:
 ```shell
 $ nix build > build.txt
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Error! Attribute `bin` missing at (1:94) from string.
+  Error! Atrribute `bin` missing at (1:94) from string.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   1| with import <nixpkgs> { }; (pkgs.runCommandCC or pkgs.runCommand) "shell" { buildInputs = [ (surge.bin) ]; } ""
@@ -389,88 +389,6 @@ colors, no emojis and using ASCII instead of Unicode symbols). The same should
 happen when TTY is not detected on STDERR. We should not display progress /
 status section, but only print warnings and errors.
 
-## Returning future proof JSON
-
-The schema of JSON output should allow for backwards compatible extension. This section explains how to achieve this.
-
-Two definitions are helpful here, because while JSON only defines one "key-value"
-object type, we use it to cover two use cases:
-
- - **dictionary**: a map from names to value that all have the same type. In
-   C++ this would be a `std::map` with string keys.
- - **record**: a fixed set of attributes each with their own type. In C++, this
-   would be represented by a `struct`.
-
-It is best not to mix these use cases, as that may lead to incompatibilities when the schema changes. For example, adding a record field to a dictionary breaks consumers that assume all JSON object fields to have the same meaning and type.
-
-This leads to the following guidelines:
-
- - The top-level (root) value must be a record.
-
-   Otherwise, one can not change the structure of a command's output.
-
- - The value of a dictionary item must be a record.
-
-   Otherwise, the item type can not be extended.
-
- - List items should be records.
-
-   Otherwise, one can not change the structure of the list items.
-
-   If the order of the items does not matter, and each item has a unique key that is a string, consider representing the list as a dictionary instead. If the order of the items needs to be preserved, return a list of records.
-
- - Streaming JSON should return records.
-
-   An example of a streaming JSON format is [JSON lines](https://jsonlines.org/), where each line represents a JSON value. These JSON values can be considered top-level values or list items, and they must be records.
-
-### Examples
-
-
-This is bad, because all keys must be assumed to be store implementations:
-
-```json
-{
-  "local": { ... },
-  "remote": { ... },
-  "http": { ... }
-}
-```
-
-This is good, because the it is extensible at the root, and is somewhat self-documenting:
-
-```json
-{
-  "storeTypes": { "local": { ... }, ... },
-  "pluginSupport": true
-}
-```
-
-While the dictionary of store types seems like a very complete response at first, a use case may arise that warrants returning additional information.
-For example, the presence of plugin support may be crucial information for a client to proceed when their desired store type is missing.
-
-
-
-The following representation is bad because it is not extensible:
-
-```json
-{ "outputs": [ "out" "bin" ] }
-```
-
-However, simply converting everything to records is not enough, because the order of outputs must be preserved:
-
-```json
-{ "outputs": { "bin": {}, "out": {} } }
-```
-
-The first item is the default output. Deriving this information from the outputs ordering is not great, but this is how Nix currently happens to work.
-While it is possible for a JSON parser to preserve the order of fields, we can not rely on this capability to be present in all JSON libraries.
-
-This representation is extensible and preserves the ordering:
-
-```json
-{ "outputs": [ { "outputName": "out" }, { "outputName": "bin" } ] }
-```
-
 ## Dialog with the user
 
 CLIs don't always make it clear when an action has taken place. For every
@@ -490,7 +408,7 @@ Above command clearly states that command successfully completed. And in case
 of `nix build`, which is a command that might take some time to complete, it is
 equally important to also show that a command started.
 
-## Text alignment
+## Text alignment 
 
 Text alignment is the number one design element that will present all of the
 Nix commands as a family and not as separate tools glued together.
@@ -501,7 +419,7 @@ The format we should follow is:
 $ nix COMMAND
    VERB_1 NOUN and other words
   VERB__1 NOUN and other words
-       |> Some details
+       |> Some details 
 ```
 
 Few rules that we can extract from above example:
@@ -526,13 +444,13 @@ is not even notable, therefore relying on it wouldn’t make much sense.
 
 **The bright text is much better supported** across terminals and color
 schemes. Most of the time the difference is perceived as if the bright text
-would be bold.
+would be bold. 
 
 ## Colors
 
 Humans are already conditioned by society to attach certain meaning to certain
 colors. While the meaning is not universal, a simple collection of colors is
-used to represent basic emotions.
+used to represent basic emotions. 
 
 Colors that can be used in output
 
@@ -590,7 +508,7 @@ can, with a few key strokes, be changed into and advance introspection tool.
 
 ### Progress
 
-For longer running commands we should provide and overview the progress.
+For longer running commands we should provide and overview of the progress.
 This is shown best in `nix build` example:
 
 ```shell
@@ -635,9 +553,9 @@ going to happen.
 ```shell
 $ nix build --option substitutors https://cache.example.org
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Warning! A security related question needs to be answered.
+  Warning! A security related question need to be answered.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`:
+  The following substitutors will be used to in `my-project`: 
     - https://cache.example.org
 
   Do you allow `my-project` to use above mentioned substitutors?
@@ -648,7 +566,7 @@ $ nix build --option substitutors https://cache.example.org
 
 There are many ways that you can control verbosity.
 
-Verbosity levels are:
+Verbosity levels are: 
 
 - `ERROR` (level 0)
 - `WARN` (level 1)
@@ -668,4 +586,4 @@ There are also two shortcuts, `--debug` to run in `DEBUG` verbosity level and
 
 # Appendix 1: Commands naming exceptions
 
-`nix init` and `nix repl` are well established
+`nix init` and `nix repl` are well established 

doc/manual/src/contributing/experimental-features.md

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-This section describes the notion of *experimental features*, and how it fits into the big picture of the development of Nix.
-
-# What are experimental features?
-
-Experimental features are considered unstable, which means that they can be changed or removed at any time.
-Users must explicitly enable them by toggling the associated [experimental feature flags](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-experimental-features).
-This allows accessing unstable functionality without unwittingly relying on it.
-
-Experimental feature flags were first introduced in [Nix 2.4](@docroot@/release-notes/rl-2.4.md).
-Before that, Nix did have experimental features, but they were not guarded by flags and were merely documented as unstable.
-This was a source of confusion and controversy.
-
-# When should a new feature be marked experimental?
-
-A change in the Nix codebase should be guarded by an experimental feature flag if it is considered likely to be reverted or adapted in a backwards-incompatible manner after gathering more experience with it in practice.
-
-Examples:
-
-- Changes to the Nix language, such as new built-ins, syntactic or semantic changes, etc.
-- Changes to the command-line interface
-
-# Lifecycle of an experimental feature
-
-Experimental features have to be treated on a case-by-case basis.
-However, the standard workflow for an experimental feature is as follows:
-
-- A new feature is implemented in a *pull request*
-  - It is guarded by an experimental feature flag that is disabled by default
-- The pull request is merged, the *experimental* feature ends up in a release
-    - Using the feature requires explicitly enabling it, signifying awareness of the potential risks
-    - Being experimental, the feature can still be changed arbitrarily
-- The feature can be *removed*
-  - The associated experimental feature flag is also removed
-- The feature can be declared *stable*
-  - The associated experimental feature flag is removed
-  - There should be enough evidence of users having tried the feature, such as feedback, fixed bugs, demonstrations of how it is put to use
-  - Maintainers must feel confident that:
-    - The feature is designed and implemented sensibly, that it is fit for purpose
-    - Potential interactions are well-understood
-    - Stabilising the feature will not incur an outsized maintenance burden in the future
-
-The following diagram illustrates the process:
-
-```
-                  .------.
-                  | idea |
-                  '------'
-                      |
-       discussion, design, implementation
-                      |
-                      |     .-------.
-                      |     |       |
-                      v     v       |
-               .--------------.  review
-               | pull request |     |
-               '--------------'     |
-                   |     ^  |       |
-                   |     |  '-------'
-               .---'     '----.
-               |              |
-             merge       user feedback,
-               |       (breaking) changes
-               |              |
-               '---.     .----'
-                   |     |
-                   v     |
-               +--------------+
-           .---| experimental |----.
-           |   +--------------+    |
-           |                       |
-decision to stabilise      decision against
-           |              keeping the feature
-           |                       |
-           v                       v
-       +--------+             +---------+
-       | stable |             | removed |
-       +--------+             +---------+
-```
-
-# Relation to the RFC process
-
-Experimental features and [RFCs](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/) both allow approaching substantial changes while minimizing the risk.
-However they serve different purposes:
-
-- An experimental feature enables developers to iterate on and deliver a new idea without committing to it or requiring a costly long-running fork.
-  It is primarily an issue of *implementation*, targeting Nix developers and early testers.
-- The goal of an RFC is to make explicit all the implications of a change:
-  Explain why it is wanted, which new use-cases it enables, which interface changes it requires, etc.
-  It is primarily an issue of *design* and *communication*, targeting the broader community.
-
-This means that experimental features and RFCs are orthogonal mechanisms, and can be used independently or together as needed.
-
-# Currently available experimental features
-
-{{#include ./experimental-feature-descriptions.md}}

doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md

@@ -8,64 +8,25 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git
 $ cd nix
 ```
 
-The following instructions assume you already have some version of Nix installed locally, so that you can use it to set up the development environment. If you don't have it installed, follow the [installation instructions].
-
-[installation instructions]: ../installation/installation.md
-
-## Nix with flakes
-
-This section assumes you are using Nix with [flakes] enabled. See the [next section](#classic-nix) for equivalent instructions which don't require flakes.
-
-[flakes]: ../command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md#description
-
-To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
-variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
+To build Nix for the current operating system/architecture use
 
 ```console
-$ nix develop
+$ nix-build
 ```
 
-This shell also adds `./outputs/bin/nix` to your `$PATH` so you can run `nix` immediately after building it.
-
-To get a shell with one of the other [supported compilation environments](#compilation-environments):
-
-```console
-$ nix develop .#native-clang11StdenvPackages
-```
-
-> **Note**
->
-> Use `ccacheStdenv` to drastically improve rebuild time.
-> By default, [ccache](https://ccache.dev) keeps artifacts in `~/.cache/ccache/`.
-
-To build Nix itself in this shell:
-
-```console
-[nix-shell]$ ./bootstrap.sh
-[nix-shell]$ ./configure $configureFlags --prefix=$(pwd)/outputs/out
-[nix-shell]$ make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
-```
-
-To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
-
-```console
-[nix-shell]$ make install
-[nix-shell]$ make installcheck -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
-[nix-shell]$ nix --version
-nix (Nix) 2.12
-```
-
-To build a release version of Nix:
+or if you have a flake-enabled nix:
 
 ```console
 $ nix build
 ```
 
-You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms).
+This will build `defaultPackage` attribute defined in the `flake.nix`
+file. To build for other platforms add one of the following suffixes to
+it: aarch64-linux, i686-linux, x86\_64-darwin, x86\_64-linux. i.e.
 
-## Classic Nix
-
-This section is for Nix without [flakes].
+```console
+$ nix-build -A defaultPackage.x86_64-linux
+```
 
 To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
 variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
@@ -74,17 +35,6 @@ variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
 $ nix-shell
 ```
 
-To get a shell with one of the other [supported compilation environments](#compilation-environments):
-
-```console
-$ nix-shell --attr devShells.x86_64-linux.native-clang11StdenvPackages
-```
-
-> **Note**
->
-> You can use `native-ccacheStdenvPackages` to drastically improve rebuild time.
-> By default, [ccache](https://ccache.dev) keeps artifacts in `~/.cache/ccache/`.
-
 To build Nix itself in this shell:
 
 ```console
@@ -99,325 +49,29 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
 [nix-shell]$ make install
 [nix-shell]$ make installcheck -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
 [nix-shell]$ ./outputs/out/bin/nix --version
-nix (Nix) 2.12
+nix (Nix) 3.0
 ```
 
-To build Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture use
+To run a functional test:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build
+make tests/test-name-should-auto-complete.sh.test
 ```
 
-You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms).
+To run the unit-tests for C++ code:
 
-## Platforms
+```
+make check
+```
 
-As specified in [`flake.nix`], Nix can be built for various platforms:
-
-- `aarch64-linux`
-- `i686-linux`
-- `x86_64-darwin`
-- `x86_64-linux`
-
-[`flake.nix`]: https://github.com/nixos/nix/blob/master/flake.nix
-
-In order to build Nix for a different platform than the one you're currently
-on, you need to have some way for your system Nix to build code for that
-platform. Common solutions include [remote builders] and [binfmt emulation]
-(only supported on NixOS).
-
-[remote builders]: ../advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md
-[binfmt emulation]: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options.html#opt-boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems
-
-These solutions let Nix perform builds as if you're on the native platform, so
-executing the build is as simple as
+If you have a flakes-enabled Nix you can replace:
 
 ```console
-$ nix build .#packages.aarch64-linux.default
+$ nix-shell
 ```
 
-for flake-enabled Nix, or
+by:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-build --attr packages.aarch64-linux.default
+$ nix develop
 ```
-
-for classic Nix.
-
-You can use any of the other supported platforms in place of `aarch64-linux`.
-
-Cross-compiled builds are available for ARMv6 and ARMv7, and Nix on unsupported platforms can be bootstrapped by adding more `crossSystems` in `flake.nix`.
-
-## Compilation environments
-
-Nix can be compiled using multiple environments:
-
-- `stdenv`: default;
-- `gccStdenv`: force the use of `gcc` compiler;
-- `clangStdenv`: force the use of `clang` compiler;
-- `ccacheStdenv`: enable [ccache], a compiler cache to speed up compilation.
-
-To build with one of those environments, you can use
-
-```console
-$ nix build .#nix-ccacheStdenv
-```
-
-for flake-enabled Nix, or
-
-```console
-$ nix-build --attr nix-ccacheStdenv
-```
-
-for classic Nix.
-
-You can use any of the other supported environments in place of `nix-ccacheStdenv`.
-
-## Editor integration
-
-The `clangd` LSP server is installed by default on the `clang`-based `devShell`s.
-See [supported compilation environments](#compilation-environments) and instructions how to set up a shell [with flakes](#nix-with-flakes) or in [classic Nix](#classic-nix).
-
-To use the LSP with your editor, you first need to [set up `clangd`](https://clangd.llvm.org/installation#project-setup) by running:
-
-```console
-make clean && bear -- make -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES install
-```
-
-Configure your editor to use the `clangd` from the shell, either by running it inside the development shell, or by using [nix-direnv](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv) and [the appropriate editor plugin](https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki#editor-integration).
-
-> **Note**
->
-> For some editors (e.g. Visual Studio Code), you may need to install a [special extension](https://open-vsx.org/extension/llvm-vs-code-extensions/vscode-clangd) for the editor to interact with `clangd`.
-> Some other editors (e.g. Emacs, Vim) need a plugin to support LSP servers in general (e.g. [lsp-mode](https://github.com/emacs-lsp/lsp-mode) for Emacs and [vim-lsp](https://github.com/prabirshrestha/vim-lsp) for vim).
-> Editor-specific setup is typically opinionated, so we will not cover it here in more detail.
-
-## Running tests
-
-### Unit-tests
-
-The unit-tests for each Nix library (`libexpr`, `libstore`, etc..) are defined
-under `src/{library_name}/tests` using the
-[googletest](https://google.github.io/googletest/) and
-[rapidcheck](https://github.com/emil-e/rapidcheck) frameworks.
-
-You can run the whole testsuite with `make check`, or the tests for a specific component with `make libfoo-tests_RUN`. Finer-grained filtering is also possible using the [--gtest_filter](https://google.github.io/googletest/advanced.html#running-a-subset-of-the-tests) command-line option.
-
-### Functional tests
-
-The functional tests reside under the `tests` directory and are listed in `tests/local.mk`.
-Each test is a bash script.
-
-The whole test suite can be run with:
-
-```shell-session
-$ make install && make installcheck
-ran test tests/foo.sh... [PASS]
-ran test tests/bar.sh... [PASS]
-...
-```
-
-Individual tests can be run with `make`:
-
-```shell-session
-$ make tests/${testName}.sh.test
-ran test tests/${testName}.sh... [PASS]
-```
-
-or without `make`:
-
-```shell-session
-$ ./mk/run-test.sh tests/${testName}.sh
-ran test tests/${testName}.sh... [PASS]
-```
-
-To see the complete output, one can also run:
-
-```shell-session
-$ ./mk/debug-test.sh tests/${testName}.sh
-+ foo
-output from foo
-+ bar
-output from bar
-...
-```
-
-The test script will then be traced with `set -x` and the output displayed as it happens, regardless of whether the test succeeds or fails.
-
-#### Debugging failing functional tests
-
-When a functional test fails, it usually does so somewhere in the middle of the script.
-
-To figure out what's wrong, it is convenient to run the test regularly up to the failing `nix` command, and then run that command with a debugger like GDB.
-
-For example, if the script looks like:
-
-```bash
-foo
-nix blah blub
-bar
-```
-edit it like so:
-
-```diff
- foo
--nix blah blub
-+gdb --args nix blah blub
- bar
-```
-
-Then, running the test with `./mk/debug-test.sh` will drop you into GDB once the script reaches that point:
-
-```shell-session
-$ ./mk/debug-test.sh tests/${testName}.sh
-...
-+ gdb blash blub
-GNU gdb (GDB) 12.1
-...
-(gdb)
-```
-
-One can debug the Nix invocation in all the usual ways.
-For example, enter `run` to start the Nix invocation.
-
-### Integration tests
-
-The integration tests are defined in the Nix flake under the `hydraJobs.tests` attribute.
-These tests include everything that needs to interact with external services or run Nix in a non-trivial distributed setup.
-Because these tests are expensive and require more than what the standard github-actions setup provides, they only run on the master branch (on <https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nix/master>).
-
-You can run them manually with `nix build .#hydraJobs.tests.{testName}` or `nix-build -A hydraJobs.tests.{testName}`
-
-### Installer tests
-
-After a one-time setup, the Nix repository's GitHub Actions continuous integration (CI) workflow can test the installer each time you push to a branch.
-
-Creating a Cachix cache for your installer tests and adding its authorization token to GitHub enables [two installer-specific jobs in the CI workflow](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/88a45d6149c0e304f6eb2efcc2d7a4d0d569f8af/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L50-L91):
-
-- The `installer` job generates installers for the platforms below and uploads them to your Cachix cache:
-  - `x86_64-linux`
-  - `armv6l-linux`
-  - `armv7l-linux`
-  - `x86_64-darwin`
-
-- The `installer_test` job (which runs on `ubuntu-latest` and `macos-latest`) will try to install Nix with the cached installer and run a trivial Nix command.
-
-#### One-time setup
-
-1. Have a GitHub account with a fork of the [Nix repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nix).
-2. At cachix.org:
-    - Create or log in to an account.
-    - Create a Cachix cache using the format `<github-username>-nix-install-tests`.
-    - Navigate to the new cache > Settings > Auth Tokens.
-    - Generate a new Cachix auth token and copy the generated value.
-3. At github.com:
-    - Navigate to your Nix fork > Settings > Secrets > Actions > New repository secret.
-    - Name the secret `CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN`.
-    - Paste the copied value of the Cachix cache auth token.
-
-#### Using the CI-generated installer for manual testing
-
-After the CI run completes, you can check the output to extract the installer URL:
-1. Click into the detailed view of the CI run.
-2. Click into any `installer_test` run (the URL you're here to extract will be the same in all of them).
-3. Click into the `Run cachix/install-nix-action@v...` step and click the detail triangle next to the first log line (it will also be `Run cachix/install-nix-action@v...`)
-4. Copy the value of `install_url`
-5. To generate an install command, plug this `install_url` and your GitHub username into this template:
-
-    ```console
-    curl -L <install_url> | sh -s -- --tarball-url-prefix https://<github-username>-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve
-    ```
-
-<!-- #### Manually generating test installers
-
-There's obviously a manual way to do this, and it's still the only way for
-platforms that lack GA runners.
-
-I did do this back in Fall 2020 (before the GA approach encouraged here). I'll
-sketch what I recall in case it encourages someone to fill in detail, but: I
-didn't know what I was doing at the time and had to fumble/ask around a lot--
-so I don't want to uphold any of it as "right". It may have been dumb or
-the _hard_ way from the getgo. Fundamentals may have changed since.
-
-Here's the build command I used to do this on and for x86_64-darwin:
-nix build --out-link /tmp/foo ".#checks.x86_64-darwin.binaryTarball"
-
-I used the stable out-link to make it easier to script the next steps:
-link=$(readlink /tmp/foo)
-cp $link/*-darwin.tar.xz ~/somewheres
-
-I've lost the last steps and am just going from memory:
-
-From here, I think I had to extract and modify the `install` script to point
-it at this tarball (which I scped to my own site, but it might make more sense
-to just share them locally). I extracted this script once and then just
-search/replaced in it for each new build.
-
-The installer now supports a `--tarball-url-prefix` flag which _may_ have
-solved this need?
--->
-
-### Checking links in the manual
-
-The build checks for broken internal links.
-This happens late in the process, so `nix build` is not suitable for iterating.
-To build the manual incrementally, run:
-
-```console
-make html -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
-```
-
-In order to reflect changes to the [Makefile], clear all generated files before re-building:
-
-[Makefile]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/doc/manual/local.mk
-
-```console
-rm $(git ls-files doc/manual/ -o | grep -F '.md') && rmdir doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli && make html -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
-```
-
-[`mdbook-linkcheck`] does not implement checking [URI fragments] yet.
-
-[`mdbook-linkcheck`]: https://github.com/Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck
-[URI fragments]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_fragment
-
-#### `@docroot@` variable
-
-`@docroot@` provides a base path for links that occur in reusable snippets or other documentation that doesn't have a base path of its own.
-
-If a broken link occurs in a snippet that was inserted into multiple generated files in different directories, use `@docroot@` to reference the `doc/manual/src` directory.
-
-If the `@docroot@` literal appears in an error message from the `mdbook-linkcheck` tool, the `@docroot@` replacement needs to be applied to the generated source file that mentions it.
-See existing `@docroot@` logic in the [Makefile].
-Regular markdown files used for the manual have a base path of their own and they can use relative paths instead of `@docroot@`.
-
-## API documentation
-
-Doxygen API documentation is [available
-online](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/internal-api-docs/latest/download-by-type/doc/internal-api-docs). You
-can also build and view it yourself:
-
-```console
-# nix build .#hydraJobs.internal-api-docs
-# xdg-open ./result/share/doc/nix/internal-api/html/index.html
-```
-
-or inside a `nix develop` shell by running:
-
-```
-# make internal-api-html
-# xdg-open ./outputs/doc/share/doc/nix/internal-api/html/index.html
-```
-
-## Coverage analysis
-
-A coverage analysis report is [available
-online](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/coverage/latest/download-by-type/report/coverage). You
-can build it yourself:
-
-```
-# nix build .#hydraJobs.coverage
-# xdg-open ./result/coverage/index.html
-```
-
-Metrics about the change in line/function coverage over time are also
-[available](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/coverage#tabs-charts).

doc/manual/src/expressions/advanced-attributes.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
 
-  - [`allowedReferences`]{#adv-attr-allowedReferences}\
+  - `allowedReferences`\
     The optional attribute `allowedReferences` specifies a list of legal
     references (dependencies) of the output of the builder. For example,
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     booting Linux don’t have accidental dependencies on other paths in
     the Nix store.
 
-  - [`allowedRequisites`]{#adv-attr-allowedRequisites}\
+  - `allowedRequisites`\
     This attribute is similar to `allowedReferences`, but it specifies
     the legal requisites of the whole closure, so all the dependencies
     recursively. For example,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     runtime dependency than `foobar`, and in addition it enforces that
     `foobar` itself doesn't introduce any other dependency itself.
 
-  - [`disallowedReferences`]{#adv-attr-disallowedReferences}\
+  - `disallowedReferences`\
     The optional attribute `disallowedReferences` specifies a list of
     illegal references (dependencies) of the output of the builder. For
     example,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     enforces that the output of a derivation cannot have a direct
     runtime dependencies on the derivation `foo`.
 
-  - [`disallowedRequisites`]{#adv-attr-disallowedRequisites}\
+  - `disallowedRequisites`\
     This attribute is similar to `disallowedReferences`, but it
     specifies illegal requisites for the whole closure, so all the
     dependencies recursively. For example,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     dependency on `foobar` or any other derivation depending recursively
     on `foobar`.
 
-  - [`exportReferencesGraph`]{#adv-attr-exportReferencesGraph}\
+  - `exportReferencesGraph`\
     This attribute allows builders access to the references graph of
     their inputs. The attribute is a list of inputs in the Nix store
     whose references graph the builder needs to know. The value of
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     with a Nix store containing the closure of a bootable NixOS
     configuration).
 
-  - [`impureEnvVars`]{#adv-attr-impureEnvVars}\
+  - `impureEnvVars`\
     This attribute allows you to specify a list of environment variables
     that should be passed from the environment of the calling user to
     the builder. Usually, the environment is cleared completely when the
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     > environmental variables come from the environment of the
     > `nix-build`.
 
-  - [`outputHash`]{#adv-attr-outputHash}; [`outputHashAlgo`]{#adv-attr-outputHashAlgo}; [`outputHashMode`]{#adv-attr-outputHashMode}\
+  - `outputHash`; `outputHashAlgo`; `outputHashMode`\
     These attributes declare that the derivation is a so-called
     *fixed-output derivation*, which means that a cryptographic hash of
     the output is already known in advance. When the build of a
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
 
       - `"recursive"`\
         The hash is computed over the NAR archive dump of the output
-        (i.e., the result of [`nix-store --dump`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/dump.md)). In
+        (i.e., the result of [`nix-store
+        --dump`](../command-ref/nix-store.md#operation---dump)). In
         this case, the output can be anything, including a directory
         tree.
 
@@ -206,30 +207,16 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     the hash in either hexadecimal or base-32 notation. (See the
     [`nix-hash` command](../command-ref/nix-hash.md) for information
     about converting to and from base-32 notation.)
-
-  - [`__contentAddressed`]{#adv-attr-__contentAddressed}
-    > **Warning**
-    > This attribute is part of an [experimental feature](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md).
-    >
-    > To use this attribute, you must enable the
-    > [`ca-derivations`](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-ca-derivations) experimental feature.
-    > For example, in [nix.conf](../command-ref/conf-file.md) you could add:
-    >
-    > ```
-    > extra-experimental-features = ca-derivations
-    > ```
-
-    If this attribute is set to `true`, then the derivation
+    
+  - `__contentAddressed`
+    If this **experimental** attribute is set to true, then the derivation
     outputs will be stored in a content-addressed location rather than the
     traditional input-addressed one.
+    This only has an effect if the `ca-derivation` experimental feature is enabled.
+    
+    Setting this attribute also requires setting `outputHashMode` and `outputHashAlgo` like for *fixed-output derivations* (see above).
 
-    Setting this attribute also requires setting
-    [`outputHashMode`](#adv-attr-outputHashMode)
-    and
-    [`outputHashAlgo`](#adv-attr-outputHashAlgo)
-    like for *fixed-output derivations* (see above).
-
-  - [`passAsFile`]{#adv-attr-passAsFile}\
+  - `passAsFile`\
     A list of names of attributes that should be passed via files rather
     than environment variables. For example, if you have
 
@@ -247,15 +234,15 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     builder, since most operating systems impose a limit on the size
     of the environment (typically, a few hundred kilobyte).
 
-  - [`preferLocalBuild`]{#adv-attr-preferLocalBuild}\
+  - `preferLocalBuild`\
     If this attribute is set to `true` and [distributed building is
     enabled](../advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md), then, if
-    possible, the derivation will be built locally instead of forwarded
+    possible, the derivaton will be built locally instead of forwarded
     to a remote machine. This is appropriate for trivial builders
     where the cost of doing a download or remote build would exceed
     the cost of building locally.
 
-  - [`allowSubstitutes`]{#adv-attr-allowSubstitutes}\
+  - `allowSubstitutes`\
     If this attribute is set to `false`, then Nix will always build this
     derivation; it will not try to substitute its outputs. This is
     useful for very trivial derivations (such as `writeText` in Nixpkgs)
@@ -268,80 +255,3 @@ Derivations can declare some infrequently used optional attributes.
     > substituted. Thus it is usually a good idea to align `system` with
     > `builtins.currentSystem` when setting `allowSubstitutes` to
     > `false`. For most trivial derivations this should be the case.
-
-  - [`__structuredAttrs`]{#adv-attr-structuredAttrs}\
-    If the special attribute `__structuredAttrs` is set to `true`, the other derivation
-    attributes are serialised in JSON format and made available to the
-    builder via the file `.attrs.json` in the builder’s temporary
-    directory. This obviates the need for [`passAsFile`](#adv-attr-passAsFile) since JSON files
-    have no size restrictions, unlike process environments.
-
-    It also makes it possible to tweak derivation settings in a structured way; see
-    [`outputChecks`](#adv-attr-outputChecks) for example.
-
-    As a convenience to Bash builders,
-    Nix writes a script named `.attrs.sh` to the builder’s directory
-    that initialises shell variables corresponding to all attributes
-    that are representable in Bash. This includes non-nested
-    (associative) arrays. For example, the attribute `hardening.format = true`
-    ends up as the Bash associative array element `${hardening[format]}`.
-
-  - [`outputChecks`]{#adv-attr-outputChecks}\
-    When using [structured attributes](#adv-attr-structuredAttrs), the `outputChecks`
-    attribute allows defining checks per-output.
-
-    In addition to
-    [`allowedReferences`](#adv-attr-allowedReferences), [`allowedRequisites`](#adv-attr-allowedRequisites),
-    [`disallowedReferences`](#adv-attr-disallowedReferences) and [`disallowedRequisites`](#adv-attr-disallowedRequisites),
-    the following attributes are available:
-
-    - `maxSize` defines the maximum size of the resulting [store object](../glossary.md#gloss-store-object).
-    - `maxClosureSize` defines the maximum size of the output's closure.
-    - `ignoreSelfRefs` controls whether self-references should be considered when
-      checking for allowed references/requisites.
-
-    Example:
-
-    ```nix
-    __structuredAttrs = true;
-
-    outputChecks.out = {
-      # The closure of 'out' must not be larger than 256 MiB.
-      maxClosureSize = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
-
-      # It must not refer to the C compiler or to the 'dev' output.
-      disallowedRequisites = [ stdenv.cc "dev" ];
-    };
-
-    outputChecks.dev = {
-      # The 'dev' output must not be larger than 128 KiB.
-      maxSize = 128 * 1024;
-    };
-    ```
-
-  - [`unsafeDiscardReferences`]{#adv-attr-unsafeDiscardReferences}\
-    > **Warning**
-    > This attribute is part of an [experimental feature](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md).
-    >
-    > To use this attribute, you must enable the
-    > [`discard-references`](@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-discard-references) experimental feature.
-    > For example, in [nix.conf](../command-ref/conf-file.md) you could add:
-    >
-    > ```
-    > extra-experimental-features = discard-references
-    > ```
-
-    When using [structured attributes](#adv-attr-structuredAttrs), the
-    attribute `unsafeDiscardReferences` is an attribute set with a boolean value for each output name.
-    If set to `true`, it disables scanning the output for runtime dependencies.
-
-    Example:
-
-    ```nix
-    __structuredAttrs = true;
-    unsafeDiscardReferences.out = true;
-    ```
-
-    This is useful, for example, when generating self-contained filesystem images with
-    their own embedded Nix store: hashes found inside such an image refer
-    to the embedded store and not to the host's Nix store.

doc/manual/src/expressions/arguments-variables.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Arguments and Variables
+
+The [Nix expression for GNU Hello](expression-syntax.md) is a
+function; it is missing some arguments that have to be filled in
+somewhere. In the Nix Packages collection this is done in the file
+`pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix`, where all Nix expressions for
+packages are imported and called with the appropriate arguments. Here
+are some fragments of `all-packages.nix`, with annotations of what
+they mean:
+
+```nix
+...
+
+rec { ①
+
+  hello = import ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 ② { ③
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
+  };
+
+  perl = import ../development/interpreters/perl { ④
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
+  fetchurl = import ../build-support/fetchurl {
+    inherit stdenv; ...
+  };
+
+  stdenv = ...;
+
+}
+```
+
+1.  This file defines a set of attributes, all of which are concrete
+    derivations (i.e., not functions). In fact, we define a *mutually
+    recursive* set of attributes. That is, the attributes can refer to
+    each other. This is precisely what we want since we want to “plug”
+    the various packages into each other.
+
+2.  Here we *import* the Nix expression for GNU Hello. The import
+    operation just loads and returns the specified Nix expression. In
+    fact, we could just have put the contents of the Nix expression
+    for GNU Hello in `all-packages.nix` at this point. That would be
+    completely equivalent, but it would make `all-packages.nix` rather
+    bulky.
+    
+    Note that we refer to `../applications/misc/hello/ex-1`, not
+    `../applications/misc/hello/ex-1/default.nix`. When you try to
+    import a directory, Nix automatically appends `/default.nix` to the
+    file name.
+
+3.  This is where the actual composition takes place. Here we *call* the
+    function imported from `../applications/misc/hello/ex-1` with a set
+    containing the things that the function expects, namely `fetchurl`,
+    `stdenv`, and `perl`. We use inherit again to use the attributes
+    defined in the surrounding scope (we could also have written
+    `fetchurl = fetchurl;`, etc.).
+    
+    The result of this function call is an actual derivation that can be
+    built by Nix (since when we fill in the arguments of the function,
+    what we get is its body, which is the call to `stdenv.mkDerivation`
+    in the [Nix expression for GNU Hello](expression-syntax.md)).
+    
+    > **Note**
+    > 
+    > Nixpkgs has a convenience function `callPackage` that imports and
+    > calls a function, filling in any missing arguments by passing the
+    > corresponding attribute from the Nixpkgs set, like this:
+    > 
+    > ```nix
+    > hello = callPackage ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 { };
+    > ```
+    > 
+    > If necessary, you can set or override arguments:
+    > 
+    > ```nix
+    > hello = callPackage ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 { stdenv = myStdenv; };
+    > ```
+
+4.  Likewise, we have to instantiate Perl, `fetchurl`, and the standard
+    environment.