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| author | Lunaphied <lunaphied@lunaphied.me> | 2024-03-21 21:48:34 -0600 |
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| committer | Lunaphied <lunaphied@lunaphied.me> | 2024-03-24 21:17:51 -0600 |
| commit | 185ecf1f45e6bf2198fe9ca3bb7ad175f412a014 (patch) | |
| tree | bdbd1ebea92d41a106cd8bafd3d6f82005e6c0a7 /doc | |
| parent | a7161b6c0f6f9640acc065f0bd18579babacb0cf (diff) | |
Improve new CLI UX by supporting short `-E` flag for `--expr`
Change-Id: I55881c846da8416a92a14deedfa5bbbf09a122fb
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/rl-next/short-expr-flag.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/short-expr-flag.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/short-expr-flag.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a02c944bd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/short-expr-flag.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +synopsis: reintroduce shortened `-E` form for `--expr` to new CLI +# prs: cl 605 +--- + +In the past, it was possible to supply a shorter `-E` flag instead of fully +specifying `--expr` every time you wished to provide an expression that would +be evaluated to produce the given command's input. This was retained for the +`--file` flag when the new CLI utilities were written with `-f`, but `-E` was +dropped. + +We now restore the `-E` short form for better UX. This is most useful for +`nix eval` but most any command that takes an Installable argument should benefit +from it as well. |