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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-12-23 21:10:32 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-12-23 21:10:32 +0100
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Merge pull request #4336 from NixOS/manpages
Documentation for nix subcommands
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+R""(
+
+# Description
+
+`nix nar` provides several subcommands for creating and inspecting
+*Nix Archives* (NARs).
+
+# File format
+
+For the definition of the NAR file format, see Figure 5.2 in
+https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf.
+
+)""