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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in index 6c599abcf..3de053a17 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in +++ b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ - [File System Object](architecture/file-system-object.md) - [Protocols](protocols/protocols.md) - [Serving Tarball Flakes](protocols/tarball-fetcher.md) + - [Derivation on-disk "ATerm" format](protocols/derivation-aterm.md) - [Glossary](glossary.md) - [Contributing](contributing/contributing.md) - [Hacking](contributing/hacking.md) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/protocols/derivation-aterm.md b/doc/manual/src/protocols/derivation-aterm.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2377e51ae --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/protocols/derivation-aterm.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Derivation on-disk "ATerm" format + +For historical reasons, [derivations](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) are stored on-disk in [ATerm](https://homepages.cwi.nl/~daybuild/daily-books/technology/aterm-guide/aterm-guide.html) format. + +Derivations are serialised in the following format: + +``` +Derive(...) +``` |