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authorSilvan Mosberger <silvan.mosberger@tweag.io>2023-12-07 22:08:00 +0100
committerSilvan Mosberger <silvan.mosberger@tweag.io>2023-12-08 21:50:29 +0100
commit8d3978c149352de6b7e8b72946b58a16427eda2c (patch)
tree42ab5a871dcfc8a995afb3d9bcf8fd9323c1b3ff /nixos/doc
parent6cb8f045bf95959cde8845ac3bd24a9ef21b3333 (diff)
lib.types.boolByOr: init
This type is necessary to have correct merging behavior for
`allowUnfreePredicate` and `allowInsecurePredicate`

Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md
index 2ad3d6c4f9495..f9c7ac80018e4 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ merging is handled.
 `types.bool`
 
 :   A boolean, its values can be `true` or `false`.
+    All definitions must have the same value, after priorities. An error is thrown in case of a conflict.
+
+`types.boolByOr`
+
+:   A boolean, its values can be `true` or `false`.
+    The result is `true` if _any_ of multiple definitions is `true`.
+    In other words, definitions are merged with the logical _OR_ operator.
 
 `types.path`