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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md index 44b7ba86d..d2989ff20 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md @@ -6,28 +6,25 @@ By default Nix reads settings from the following places: - - The system-wide configuration file `sysconfdir/nix/nix.conf` (i.e. - `/etc/nix/nix.conf` on most systems), or `$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf` if - `NIX_CONF_DIR` is set. Values loaded in this file are not forwarded - to the Nix daemon. The client assumes that the daemon has already - loaded them. + - The system-wide configuration file `sysconfdir/nix/nix.conf` (i.e. `/etc/nix/nix.conf` on most systems), or `$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf` if [`NIX_CONF_DIR`](./env-common.md#env-NIX_CONF_DIR) is set. - - If `NIX_USER_CONF_FILES` is set, then each path separated by `:` - will be loaded in reverse order. + Values loaded in this file are not forwarded to the Nix daemon. + The client assumes that the daemon has already loaded them. - 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 `$HOME/.config` - as per [XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html). + - If [`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](./env-common.md#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES) is set, then each path separated by `:` will be loaded in reverse order. - - If `NIX_CONFIG` is set, its contents is treated as the contents of - a configuration file. + Otherwise it will look for `nix/nix.conf` files in `XDG_CONFIG_DIRS` and [`XDG_CONFIG_HOME`](./env-common.md#env-XDG_CONFIG_HOME). + If unset, `XDG_CONFIG_DIRS` defaults to `/etc/xdg`, and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME/.config` as per [XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html). + + - If [`NIX_CONFIG`](./env-common.md#env-NIX_CONFIG) is set, its contents are treated as the contents of a configuration file. The configuration files consist of `name = value` pairs, one per line. Other files can be included with a line like `include path`, where *path* is interpreted relative to the current conf file and a missing file is an error unless `!include` is used instead. Comments -start with a `#` character. Here is an example configuration file: +start with a `#` character. + +Here is an example configuration file: keep-outputs = true # Nice for developers keep-derivations = true # Idem |