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diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index e62657e95..e9479f564 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
#include <netdb.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
extern std::string chrootHelperName;
void chrootHelper(int argc, char * * argv);
@@ -140,6 +142,11 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
printHelp(programName, std::cout);
throw Exit();
}
+
+ std::string description() override
+ {
+ return "a tool for reproducible and declarative configuration management";
+ }
};
void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
@@ -172,6 +179,29 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
NixArgs args;
+ if (argc == 2 && std::string(argv[1]) == "__dump-args") {
+ std::cout << args.toJSON().dump() << "\n";
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (argc == 2 && std::string(argv[1]) == "__dump-builtins") {
+ EvalState state({}, openStore("dummy://"));
+ auto res = nlohmann::json::object();
+ auto builtins = state.baseEnv.values[0]->attrs;
+ for (auto & builtin : *builtins) {
+ auto b = nlohmann::json::object();
+ if (builtin.value->type != tPrimOp) continue;
+ auto primOp = builtin.value->primOp;
+ if (!primOp->doc) continue;
+ b["arity"] = primOp->arity;
+ b["args"] = primOp->args;
+ b["doc"] = trim(stripIndentation(primOp->doc));
+ res[(std::string) builtin.name] = std::move(b);
+ }
+ std::cout << res.dump() << "\n";
+ return;
+ }
+
Finally printCompletions([&]()
{
if (completions) {