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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md index 091d12b7e..ae159de8f 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md @@ -1,5 +1,16 @@ # Release X.Y (202?-??-??) +* Commands which take installables on the command line can now read them from the standard input if + passed the `--stdin` flag. This is primarily useful when you have a large amount of paths which + exceed the OS arg limit. + +* The `nix-hash` command now supports Base64 and SRI. Use the flags `--base64` + or `--sri` to specify the format of output hash as Base64 or SRI, and `--to-base64` + or `--to-sri` to convert a hash to Base64 or SRI format, respectively. + + As the choice of hash formats is no longer binary, the `--base16` flag is also added + to explicitly specify the Base16 format, which is still the default. + * The special handling of an [installable](../command-ref/new-cli/nix.md#installables) with `.drv` suffix being interpreted as all of the given [store derivation](../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation)'s output paths is removed, and instead taken as the literal store path that it represents. The new `^` syntax for store paths introduced in Nix 2.13 allows explicitly referencing output paths of a derivation. @@ -16,3 +27,15 @@ $ nix path-info /nix/store/gzaflydcr6sb3567hap9q6srzx8ggdgg-glibc-2.33-78.drv^* ``` provides information about each of its outputs. + +* The experimental command `nix describe-stores` has been removed. + +* Nix stores and their settings are now documented in [`nix help-stores`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md). + +* Documentation for operations of `nix-store` and `nix-env` are now available on separate pages of the manual. + They include all common options that can be specified and common environment variables that affect these commands. + + These pages can be viewed offline with `man` using + + * `man nix-store-<operation>` and `man nix-env-<operation>` + * `nix-store --help --<operation>` and `nix-env --help --<operation>`. |