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-rw-r--r--src/libutil/config.hh2
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/experimental-features.cc91
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/experimental-features.hh5
3 files changed, 81 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.hh b/src/libutil/config.hh
index 748d6043b..59a766034 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/config.hh
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ extern GlobalConfig globalConfig;
struct ExperimentalFeatureSettings : Config {
Setting<std::set<ExperimentalFeature>> experimentalFeatures{this, {}, "experimental-features",
- "Experimental Nix features to enable."};
+ getExperimentalFeaturesList()};
/**
* Check whether the given experimental feature is enabled.
diff --git a/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc b/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc
index 58d762ebb..fc8590674 100644
--- a/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc
@@ -5,18 +5,61 @@
namespace nix {
-std::map<ExperimentalFeature, std::string> stringifiedXpFeatures = {
- { Xp::CaDerivations, "ca-derivations" },
- { Xp::ImpureDerivations, "impure-derivations" },
- { Xp::Flakes, "flakes" },
- { Xp::NixCommand, "nix-command" },
- { Xp::RecursiveNix, "recursive-nix" },
- { Xp::NoUrlLiterals, "no-url-literals" },
- { Xp::FetchClosure, "fetch-closure" },
- { Xp::ReplFlake, "repl-flake" },
- { Xp::AutoAllocateUids, "auto-allocate-uids" },
- { Xp::Cgroups, "cgroups" },
- { Xp::DiscardReferences, "discard-references" },
+std::map<ExperimentalFeature, std::pair<std::string, std::string>> stringifiedXpFeatures = {
+ { Xp::CaDerivations, {"ca-derivations", R"(
+ Allows derivations to be content-addressed in order to prevent rebuilds
+ when changes to the derivation do not result in changes to the
+ derivation's output. See
+ [__contentAddressed](../language/advanced-attributes.md#adv-attr-__contentAddressed)
+ for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::ImpureDerivations, {"impure-derivations", R"(
+ Allows derivations to produce non-fixed outputs by setting the `__impure`
+ derivation attribute to `true`. See [these release
+ notes](../release-notes/rl-2.8.md) for an example.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::Flakes, {"flakes", R"(
+ Allows for derivations to be packaged in flakes. See the manual entry for
+ [`nix flake`](../command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md) or this [detailed
+ introduction](https://www.tweag.io/blog/2020-05-25-flakes/) for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::NixCommand, {"nix-command", R"(
+ Allows the usage of the new `nix` CLI subcommands, such as `nix build`, `nix
+ develop`, `nix run`, etc. See the manual for
+ [`nix`](../command-ref/new-cli/nix.md) for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::RecursiveNix, {"recursive-nix", R"(
+ Allow Nix derivations to call Nix in order to recursively build derivations.
+ See [this
+ commit](https://github.com/edolstra/nix/commit/1a27aa7d64ffe6fc36cfca4d82bdf51c4d8cf717)
+ for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::NoUrlLiterals, {"no-url-literals", R"(
+ Disallows unquoted URLs as part of the Nix language syntax. See [RFC
+ 45](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/45) for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::FetchClosure, {"fetch-closure", R"(
+ Enables the use of the `fetchClosure` function in the standard library. See
+ the docs for [`fetchClosure`](../language/builtins.md#builtins-fetchClosure)
+ for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::ReplFlake, {"repl-flake", R"(
+ Allows the user to enter a Nix REPL within a flake, e.g. `nix repl nixpkgs`
+ or `nix repl .#foo`.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::AutoAllocateUids, {"auto-allocate-uids", R"(
+ Allows Nix to automatically pick UIDs for builds, rather than creating
+ `nixbld*` user accounts. See [here](#conf-auto-allocate-uids) for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::Cgroups, {"cgroups", R"(
+ Allows Nix to execute builds inside cgroups. See
+ [`use-cgroups`](#conf-use-cgroups) for more info.
+ )"} },
+ { Xp::DiscardReferences, {"discard-references", R"(
+ Enables the use of the `unsafeDiscardReferences` attribute in derivations
+ that use structured attributes. This disables scanning of outputs for
+ runtime dependencies.
+ )"} },
};
const std::optional<ExperimentalFeature> parseExperimentalFeature(const std::string_view & name)
@@ -26,8 +69,11 @@ const std::optional<ExperimentalFeature> parseExperimentalFeature(const std::str
static auto reverseXpMap = []()
{
auto reverseXpMap = std::make_unique<ReverseXpMap>();
- for (auto & [feature, name] : stringifiedXpFeatures)
+ std::string_view name;
+ for (auto & [feature, featureStringPair] : stringifiedXpFeatures) {
+ name = featureStringPair.first;
(*reverseXpMap)[name] = feature;
+ }
return reverseXpMap;
}();
@@ -41,7 +87,24 @@ std::string_view showExperimentalFeature(const ExperimentalFeature feature)
{
const auto ret = get(stringifiedXpFeatures, feature);
assert(ret);
- return *ret;
+ return ret->first;
+}
+
+std::string getExperimentalFeaturesList() {
+ std::string experimentalFeaturesList = R"(
+ Experimental Nix features to enable.
+ Current experimental features are the following:
+
+)";
+
+ std::string experimentalFeatureString;
+ for (auto& [feature, featureStringPair] : stringifiedXpFeatures) {
+ experimentalFeatureString = " - `" + featureStringPair.first + "`\n";
+ experimentalFeatureString += featureStringPair.second + "\n\n";
+ experimentalFeaturesList += experimentalFeatureString;
+ }
+
+ return experimentalFeaturesList;
}
std::set<ExperimentalFeature> parseFeatures(const std::set<std::string> & rawFeatures)
diff --git a/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh b/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh
index ac372e03e..1f1852705 100644
--- a/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ namespace nix {
/**
* The list of available experimental features.
*
- * If you update this, don’t forget to also change the map defining their
- * string representation in the corresponding `.cc` file.
+ * If you update this, don’t forget to also change the map defining their string
+ * representation and documentation in the corresponding `.cc` file as well.
**/
enum struct ExperimentalFeature
{
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ using Xp = ExperimentalFeature;
const std::optional<ExperimentalFeature> parseExperimentalFeature(
const std::string_view & name);
std::string_view showExperimentalFeature(const ExperimentalFeature);
+std::string getExperimentalFeaturesList();
std::ostream & operator<<(
std::ostream & str,