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| author | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2023-02-28 11:49:13 -0500 |
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| committer | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2023-02-28 11:49:13 -0500 |
| commit | 123b11ff83da0cbcef6e4aae276bfbdd7a183656 (patch) | |
| tree | cf51e8562e2d90e991541f66f9d2e5fc46aa0d0c | |
| parent | d12f57c2c0ef32180875aa4a0b803c838a7d988f (diff) | |
Clarify store path grammar and improve comment on `makeType`
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/store-api.cc | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc index 73dcaf150..2ff92c0e6 100644 --- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc +++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc @@ -99,10 +99,12 @@ StorePath Store::followLinksToStorePath(std::string_view path) const silly, but it's done that way for compatibility). <id> is the name of the output (usually, "out"). - <h2> = base-16 representation of a SHA-256 hash of: + <h2> = base-16 representation of a SHA-256 hash of <s2> + + <s2> = if <type> = "text:...": the string written to the resulting store path - if <type> = "source": + if <type> = "source:...": the serialisation of the path from which this store path is copied, as returned by hashPath() if <type> = "output:<id>": @@ -164,8 +166,8 @@ StorePath Store::makeOutputPath(std::string_view id, /* Stuff the references (if any) into the type. This is a bit - hacky, but we can't put them in `s' since that would be - ambiguous. */ + hacky, but we can't put them in, say, <s2> (per the grammar above) + since that would be ambiguous. */ static std::string makeType( const Store & store, std::string && type, |