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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.hh | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.hh b/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.hh index ac68cde0e..2596dd18e 100644 --- a/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.hh +++ b/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.hh @@ -12,12 +12,19 @@ class Store; typedef std::string FlakeId; -// The FlakeRef represents a local nix store reference to a flake -// input for a Flake (it may be helpful to think of this object by the -// alternate name of "InputRefForFlake"). It is constructed by -// starting with an input description (usually the attrs or a url from -// the flake file), locating a fetcher for that input, and then -// capturing the Input object that fetcher generates (usually via +// A flake reference specifies how to fetch a flake or raw source +// (e.g. from a Git repository). It is created from a URL-like syntax +// (e.g. 'github:NixOS/patchelf'), an attrset representation (e.g. '{ +// type="github"; owner = "NixOS"; repo = "patchelf"; }'), or a local +// path. +// +// Each flake will have a number of FlakeRef objects: one for each +// input to the flake. +// +// The normal method of constructing a FlakeRef is by starting with an +// input description (usually the attrs or a url from the flake file), +// locating a fetcher for that input, and then capturing the Input +// object that fetcher generates (usually via // FlakeRef::fromAttrs(attrs) or parseFlakeRef(url) calls). // // The actual fetch not have been performed yet (i.e. a FlakeRef may |