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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-12-03 13:55:19 +0100
committerEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-12-03 16:17:58 +0100
commitc3c858ac6d0c75bd95bd6913276ef20cf2495e96 (patch)
tree0a2089c1e8943c34ab95bf0ec127a3592fc915f9
parent0bd060f23ac2a63f4e9605b2b85ce7ac1cae0d77 (diff)
Make doc() return arbitrary Markdown rather than the contents of the "Description" section
Thus we can return the examples section (and any other sections) from doc() and don't need examples() anymore.
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix2
-rw-r--r--src/nix/add-to-store.cc26
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix b/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
index 4a0b0290b..fbd7f3e7d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
+++ b/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let
+ concatStrings (map ({ description, command }: "${description}\n\n```console\n${command}\n```\n\n") def.examples)
else "")
+ (if def ? doc
- then "# Description\n\n" + def.doc + "\n\n"
+ then def.doc + "\n\n"
else "")
+ (let s = showFlags def.flags; in
if s != ""
diff --git a/src/nix/add-to-store.cc b/src/nix/add-to-store.cc
index df51e72d5..022f0ea85 100644
--- a/src/nix/add-to-store.cc
+++ b/src/nix/add-to-store.cc
@@ -39,15 +39,29 @@ struct CmdAddToStore : MixDryRun, StoreCommand
std::string doc() override
{
return R"(
+ # Description
+
Copy the file or directory *path* to the Nix store, and
print the resulting store path on standard output.
- )";
- }
- Examples examples() override
- {
- return {
- };
+ > **Warning**
+ >
+ > The resulting store path is not registered as a garbage
+ > collector root, so it could be deleted before you have a
+ > chance to register it.
+
+ # Examples
+
+ Add a regular file to the store:
+
+ ```console
+ # echo foo > bar
+ # nix add-to-store --flat ./bar
+ /nix/store/cbv2s4bsvzjri77s2gb8g8bpcb6dpa8w-bar
+ # cat /nix/store/cbv2s4bsvzjri77s2gb8g8bpcb6dpa8w-bar
+ foo
+ ```
+ )";
}
Category category() override { return catUtility; }