From 10a7f199372c4bca5d81030e8a39ca7537ea47ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:48:08 -0400
Subject: nix-shell: explain the merging property close to the example

---
 doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
index 5c44c4a8f..3f12dda04 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
@@ -317,13 +317,14 @@ while (my $token = $p->get_tag("a")) {
 
 </para>
 
-<para>Finally, the following Haskell script uses a specific branch of
-Nixpkgs/NixOS (the 14.12 stable branch):
+<para>Finally, using the merging of multiple nix-shell shebangs the
+following Haskell script uses a specific branch of Nixpkgs/NixOS (the
+18.03 stable branch):
 
 <programlisting><![CDATA[
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
 #! nix-shell -i runghc -p haskellPackages.ghc haskellPackages.HTTP haskellPackages.tagsoup
-#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz
+#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-18.03.tar.gz
 
 import Network.HTTP
 import Text.HTML.TagSoup
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From be9e356e614a95e7ab839584c9d95838be1d0002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:01:27 -0400
Subject: nix-shell: document double quotes being necessary for a simple Nix
 expression in the shebang

---
 doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
index 3f12dda04..cb443c888 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
@@ -317,6 +317,20 @@ while (my $token = $p->get_tag("a")) {
 
 </para>
 
+<para>Sometimes you need to pass a simple Nix expression to customize
+a package like Terraform:
+
+<programlisting><![CDATA[
+#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#! nix-shell -i bash -p "terraform.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.openstack ])"
+
+terraform apply
+]]></programlisting>
+
+<note><para>You must use double quotes (<literal>"</literal>) when
+passing a simple Nix expression in a nix-shell shebang.</para></note>
+</para>
+
 <para>Finally, using the merging of multiple nix-shell shebangs the
 following Haskell script uses a specific branch of Nixpkgs/NixOS (the
 18.03 stable branch):
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