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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/leading-period.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/leading-period.md deleted file mode 100644 index 4b7f6c189..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/rl-next/leading-period.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ ---- -synopsis: Store paths are allowed to start with `.` -issues: 912 -prs: [9867, 9091, 9095, 9120, 9121, 9122, 9130, 9219, 9224] -credits: [roberth, horrors] -category: Fixes ---- - -Leading periods were allowed by accident in Nix 2.4. The Nix team has considered this to be a bug, but this behavior has since been relied on by users, leading to unnecessary difficulties. -From now on, leading periods are officially, definitively supported. The names `.` and `..` are disallowed, as well as those starting with `.-` or `..-`. - -Nix versions that denied leading periods are documented [in the issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/912#issuecomment-1919583286). |