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Diffstat (limited to 'src/nix/prefetch.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix/prefetch.cc | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/prefetch.cc b/src/nix/prefetch.cc index ce8c85ecf..a831dcd15 100644 --- a/src/nix/prefetch.cc +++ b/src/nix/prefetch.cc @@ -258,14 +258,14 @@ struct CmdStorePrefetchFile : StoreCommand, MixJSON { addFlag({ .longName = "name", - .description = "store path name", + .description = "Override the name component of the resulting store path. It defaults to the base name of *url*.", .labels = {"name"}, .handler = {&name} }); addFlag({ .longName = "expected-hash", - .description = "expected hash of the file", + .description = "The expected hash of the file.", .labels = {"hash"}, .handler = {[&](std::string s) { expectedHash = Hash::parseAny(s, hashType); @@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ struct CmdStorePrefetchFile : StoreCommand, MixJSON addFlag({ .longName = "executable", - .description = "make the resulting file executable", + .description = + "Make the resulting file executable. Note that this causes the " + "resulting hash to be a NAR hash rather than a flat file hash.", .handler = {&executable, true}, }); |