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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md index 1251888e9..acf29e4aa 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store.md @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ This section lists the options that are common to all operations. These options are allowed for every subcommand, though they may not always have an effect. - - [`--add-root`]{#opt-add-root} *path*\ + - <span id="opt-add-root">[`--add-root`](#opt-add-root)</span> *path* + Causes the result of a realisation (`--realise` and `--force-realise`) to be registered as a root of the garbage collector. *path* will be created as a symlink to the resulting @@ -104,10 +105,6 @@ The following flags are available: previous build, the new output path is left in `/nix/store/name.check.` - See also the `build-repeat` configuration option, which repeats a - derivation a number of times and prevents its outputs from being - registered as “valid” in the Nix store unless they are identical. - Special exit codes: - `100`\ @@ -140,8 +137,10 @@ or. ## Examples -This operation is typically used to build store derivations produced by -[`nix-instantiate`](nix-instantiate.md): +This operation is typically used to build [store derivation]s produced by +[`nix-instantiate`](./nix-instantiate.md): + +[store derivation]: ../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation ```console $ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate ./test.nix) @@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ symlink. ## Common query options - `--use-output`; `-u`\ - For each argument to the query that is a store derivation, apply the + For each argument to the query that is a [store derivation], apply the query to the output path of the derivation instead. - `--force-realise`; `-f`\ @@ -321,7 +320,7 @@ symlink. This query has one option: - `--include-outputs` - Also include the existing output paths of store derivations, + Also include the existing output paths of [store derivation]s, and their closures. This query can be used to implement various kinds of deployment. A @@ -375,12 +374,12 @@ symlink. Prints the references graph of the store paths *paths* in the [GraphML](http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/) file format. This can be used to visualise dependency graphs. To obtain a build-time - dependency graph, apply this to a store derivation. To obtain a + dependency graph, apply this to a [store derivation]. To obtain a runtime dependency graph, apply it to an output path. - `--binding` *name*; `-b` *name*\ Prints the value of the attribute *name* (i.e., environment - variable) of the store derivations *paths*. It is an error for a + variable) of the [store derivation]s *paths*. It is an error for a derivation to not have the specified attribute. - `--hash`\ |