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2018-02-07Merge pull request #1816 from shlevy/add-pathEelco Dolstra
Add path primop.
2018-02-06Add path primop.Shea Levy
builtins.path allows specifying the name of a path (which makes paths with store-illegal names now addable), allows adding paths with flat instead of recursive hashes, allows specifying a filter (so is a generalization of filterSource), and allows specifying an expected hash (enabling safe path adding in pure mode).
2018-02-03Remove nix-build --hashEelco Dolstra
Instead, if a fixed-output derivation produces has an incorrect output hash, we now unconditionally move the outputs to the path corresponding with the actual hash and register it as valid. Thus, after correcting the hash in the Nix expression (e.g. in a fetchurl call), the fixed-output derivation doesn't have to be built again. It would still be good to have a command for reporting the actual hash of a fixed-output derivation (instead of throwing an error), but "nix-build --hash" didn't do that.
2018-02-01Merge branch 'master' of git://github.com/catern/nixShea Levy
2018-02-01Remove docs on removed --drv-link and --add-drv-link optionsEelco Dolstra
2018-01-31document ability to set NIX_REMOTE=unix://path/to/socketSpencer Baugh
2018-01-31Rename 1.12 -> 2.0Eelco Dolstra
Following discussion with Shea and Graham. It's a big enough change from the last release. Also, from a semver perspective, 2.0 makes more sense because we did remove some interfaces (like nix-pull/nix-push).
2018-01-31Add 'nix upgrade-nix' commandEelco Dolstra
This command upgrades Nix to the latest stable version by installing a store path obtained from https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/raw/master/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix which is the same store path that the installer at https://nixos.org/nix/install.sh uses. The upgrade fails if Nix is not installed in a profile (e.g. on NixOS, or when installed outside of the Nix store).
2018-01-31Manual: Remove old cruftEelco Dolstra
2018-01-27Improve manual on inheriting attributesEric Wolf
Expands first paragraph a bit Adds a more comprehensive example
2018-01-17Move show-trace docsEelco Dolstra
2018-01-09nix.conf: builders-use-substitutesRenzo Carbonara
Fixes #937
2018-01-04Rename "use-substitutes" to "substitute"Eelco Dolstra
Commit c2154d4c8422ddc1c201d503bb52edff854af2ad renamed "build-use-substitutes" to "use-substitutes", but that broke "nix-copy-closure --use-substitutes".
2017-12-12Merge pull request #1725 from chris-martin/pr/concatStringsSepEelco Dolstra
Add builtins.concatStringSep to the manual
2017-12-11Add builtins.concatStringSep to the manualChris Martin
2017-12-11Merge pull request #1721 from expipiplus1/patch-2Eelco Dolstra
Escape left angle brackets in XML documentation
2017-12-11Merge branch 'feature/linenoise-ng' of git://github.com/dtzWill/nixShea Levy
2017-12-09Escape left angle brackets in XML documentationJoe Hermaszewski
2017-12-08nix-hash: Add sentence and example for nix-prefetch-url hashMarkus Hauck
2017-11-27doc: linenoise -> linenoise-ngWill Dietz
2017-11-21Add a warning about the 'trusted-users' optionEelco Dolstra
2017-11-20Document secret-key-filesEelco Dolstra
2017-11-20signed-binary-caches -> require-sigsEelco Dolstra
Unlike signed-binary-caches (which could only be '*' or ''), require-sigs is a proper Boolean option. The default is true.
2017-11-20binary-cache-public-keys -> trusted-public-keysEelco Dolstra
The name had become a misnomer since it's not only for substitution from binary caches, but when adding/copying any (non-content-addressed) path to a store.
2017-11-03Remove git:// support in NIX_PATHEelco Dolstra
This didn't support specifying a revision/branch, and was restricted to git:// URIs (since https:// or ssh:// would be ambiguous).
2017-11-01Mention isFloat function in "Built-in Functions" sectionZoran Plesivčak
2017-11-01Mention "float" type in builtins.typeOf section of the docsZoran Plesivčak
+ remove trailing whitespace from the file
2017-10-30Add option allowed-urisEelco Dolstra
This allows network access in restricted eval mode.
2017-10-30fetchurl/fetchTarball are *not* allowed in restricted modeEelco Dolstra
Accidentally committed this change as part of f9686885be54a9b0f8947713a414de4ad3182037. Restricted mode != pure mode.
2017-10-30Merge pull request #1633 from orivej/docDomen Kožar
Update the language documentation
2017-10-30fetchgit -> fetchGitEelco Dolstra
Almost all other primops are camelCase so no reason not to use that here.
2017-10-26Clarify indented string escaping rulesOrivej Desh
2017-10-26Describe "with" scoping precedenceOrivej Desh
2017-10-26Describe arithmetic operatorsOrivej Desh
2017-10-23Release note updatesEelco Dolstra
2017-10-19Mention C++14 dependency in the manual.Keshav Kini
A couple makefiles in the sources have -std=c++14 in the CFLAGS.
2017-09-18Update release notesEelco Dolstra
2017-09-05Add automatic garbage collectionEelco Dolstra
Nix can now automatically run the garbage collector during builds or while adding paths to the store. The option "min-free = <bytes>" specifies that Nix should run the garbage collector whenever free space in the Nix store drops below <bytes>. It will then delete garbage until "max-free" bytes are available. Garbage collection during builds is asynchronous; running builds are not paused and new builds are not blocked. However, there also is a synchronous GC run prior to the first build/substitution. Currently, no old GC roots are deleted (as in "nix-collect-garbage -d").
2017-08-31Rename a few configuration optionsEelco Dolstra
In particular, drop the "build-" and "gc-" prefixes which are pointless. So now you can say nix build --no-sandbox instead of nix build --no-build-use-sandbox
2017-08-19Remove nix-mode.el from Nix.Matthew Bauer
This removes the file nix-mode.el from Nix. The file is now available within the repository https://github.com/NixOS/nix-mode. Fixes #662 Fixes #1040 Fixes #1054 Fixes #1055 Closes #1119 Fixes #1419 NOTE: all of the above should be fixed within NixOS/nix-mode. If one of those hasn’t please reopen within NixOS/nix-mode and not within NixOS/nix.
2017-08-18update MD5 to SHA-256 in expression-syntaxChase Adams
2017-08-16Update release notesEelco Dolstra
2017-08-16Merge branch 'tokenize' of https://github.com/nbp/nixEelco Dolstra
2017-08-15Add builtins.string function.Nicolas B. Pierron
The function 'builtins.split' takes a POSIX extended regular expression and an arbitrary string. It returns a list of non-matching substring interleaved by lists of matched groups of the regular expression. ```nix with builtins; assert split "(a)b" "abc" == [ "" [ "a" ] "c" ]; assert split "([ac])" "abc" == [ "" [ "a" ] "b" [ "c" ] "" ]; assert split "(a)|(c)" "abc" == [ "" [ "a" null ] "b" [ null "c" ] "" ]; assert split "([[:upper:]]+)" " FOO " == [ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]; ```
2017-08-15Move builtins.match documentation between map and mul.Nicolas B. Pierron
2017-08-10Start of 1.12 release notesEelco Dolstra
2017-07-30replace "Mac OS X" with "macOS"davidak
except in older release notes where the name was actually Mac OS X.
2017-07-18Update the mailing list.Graham Christensen
2017-07-17Make the hashes mirrors used by builtins.fetchurl configurableEelco Dolstra
In particular, this allows it to be disabled in our tests.
2017-07-15use sha256 hashes in the examplesHarmen
And fix a dead link.