From 605c8f7789d9ef446c8f22d8c6a261b315be861d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Breitner Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:35:49 +0200 Subject: Docs: Explain why `import nixpkgs` works in flakes --- src/libexpr/primops.cc | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/libexpr') diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc index 3641ee468..73ffe03d4 100644 --- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc +++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc @@ -254,9 +254,14 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_import({ .args = {"path"}, // TODO turn "normal path values" into link below .doc = R"( - Load, parse and return the Nix expression in the file *path*. If - *path* is a directory, the file ` default.nix ` in that directory - is loaded. Evaluation aborts if the file doesn’t exist or contains + Load, parse and return the Nix expression in the file *path*. + + The value *path* is conveted to a string as described in `builtins.toString`. + + If *path* is a directory, the file ` default.nix ` in that directory + is loaded. + + Evaluation aborts if the file doesn’t exist or contains an incorrect Nix expression. `import` implements Nix’s module system: you can put any Nix expression (such as a set or a function) in a separate file, and use it from Nix expressions in -- cgit v1.2.3