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2022-11-08nixpkgs/doc: fix admonition syntaxRyan Mulligan1-1/+1
Match admonition syntax in https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#chap-contributing
2022-10-23doc/contributing: Explicitly allow trivial changes by non-authorsStanisław Pitucha1-0/+6
Discussed and proposed at https://discourse.nixos.org/t/rules-around-adding-to-someones-pr/22671/3
2022-10-21Merge pull request #173506 from ↵Janne Heß1-0/+4
helsinki-systems/feat/document-no-breaking-commits doc: Document that the staging branches may be restricted
2022-10-12coding-conventions.chapter.md: update to account for #89885 (#191378)Adam Joseph1-6/+14
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89885 ensures that fetches are done securely (i.e. without `--insecure`) when the `hash` parameter is one of the four special "fake" hashes. However the manual was not updated in that PR. This commit updates the manual to account for the already-merged changes from that PR. Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2022-09-07doc/contributing: fix whitespaceSandro1-1/+1
2022-09-05Merge pull request #189241 from SuperSandro2000/git-full-hashAnderson Torres1-0/+3
doc/contributing: enforce full commit hashes on github
2022-09-04doc/contributing: enforce full commit hashes on githubSandro Jäckel1-0/+3
2022-08-31nixos/make-options-doc: add inline roles for varname/envarpennae1-1/+3
both of these render distinctly from plain literals in the manpage, and manpages even semantically distinguish between the two.
2022-08-04Correct instructions to obtain a hash for git reposMatthias Bartelmeß1-1/+1
2022-07-03doc/contributing: replace outdated 'nix run' commandsJohannes Maier1-7/+13
Use `nix-shell` instead, but also give an example of the correct flakes version of the commands.
2022-06-26doc/contributing/coding-conventions: add a section about file managersAndersonTorres1-0/+4
2022-06-21Merge pull request #176146 from pennae/module-docs-markdownRobert Hensing1-3/+17
treewide: markdown option docs
2022-06-20maintainers: document new maintainers and team changesGraham Christensen1-0/+105
2022-06-14Merge #162960: staging docs: explain that purple arrows are manualVladimír Čunát1-1/+1
2022-06-12treewide: attempt at markdown option docspennae1-3/+17
2022-06-03nixos/doc: move fetchpatch documentation to fetcher documentationFlorian Klink1-11/+2
… and link from the coding-conventions chapter to it. Closes #48569.
2022-05-18doc: Document that the staging branches may be restrictedJanne Heß1-0/+4
2022-05-09doc: clarify what a 'mass rebuild' isArnout Engelen1-1/+1
2022-05-03Replace "rm" call with "git rm"Matthias Beyer1-1/+1
`git rm` should always be preferred over "normal" `rm`. Signed-off-by: Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
2022-04-20submitting-changes.chapter.md: avoid being specificAdam Joseph1-1/+1
There is some doubt as to exactly how to enumerate all the merges from one branch to another reliably. In the meantime, let's be a little more vague.
2022-04-14Merge pull request #149667 from doronbehar/doc/pname-version-conventionsDoron Behar1-5/+5
docs: Make coding conventions use pname/version
2022-03-25Merge pull request #164651 from Infinisil/remove-optionSetSilvan Mosberger1-2/+2
lib/modules: Finally remove deprecated types.optionSet
2022-03-25fetchpatch: add `relative`Naïm Favier1-2/+3
Allows restricting patches to a specific subdirectory, à la `git diff --relative=subdir`. This cannot be done (cleanly) currently because the `includes` logic happens *after* `stripLen` is applied, so we can't match on `subdir/*`. This change adds a `relative` argument that makes this possible by filtering files before doing any processing, and setting `stripLen` and `extraPrefix` accordingly.
2022-03-18lib/modules: Finally remove deprecated types.optionSetSilvan Mosberger1-2/+2
types.optionSet has been deprecated for almost 10 years now (0e333688cea468a28516bf6935648c03ed62a7bb)! A removal was already attempted in 2019 (27982b408e465554b8831f492362bc87ed0ec02a), but it was promptly reinstantiated since some third-party uses were discovered (f531ce75e4178c6867cc1d0f7fec96b2d5c3f1cb). It's finally time to remove it for good :)
2022-03-09doc/reviewing-contributions: Recommend mkRenamedOptionModuleWithRobert Hensing1-1/+1
2022-03-05submitting-changes.chapter.md: explain that purple arrows are manualAdam Joseph1-1/+1
The documentation for this diagram explains that the blue arrows are automatic processes which happen every six hours. There is no explanation about how the purple arrows happen or how often. As a new contributor to nixpkgs, I incorrectly assumed that the purple arrows were also automatic processes (they aren't), which left me sort of confused about what the whole scheme was accomplishing. Recently I went through the github history to see how often these events happen, and realized that the purple arrows are (a) triggered manually by a nixpkgs project member and (b) happen much, much, much less frequently than every six hours. Now everything makes a lot more sense. I suggest the wording change in this commit, or something similar, to save future contributors the same confusion that I experienced.
2022-02-24Move misc/vim-plugins to applications/editors/vim/pluginsAndersonTorres1-1/+1
2022-02-12doc: discourage setting `phases`, document/encourage runHook instead.Guillaume Girol1-1/+2
Source: https://matrix.to/#/!kjdutkOsheZdjqYmqp:nixos.org/$mff3KCoPY5sfgsUhKn0e4va7hnz7KMXARaO2_UaLNM4?via=nixos.org&via=matrix.org&via=nixos.dev
2022-01-26doc/coding-conventions: Fix version attribute suffix to match realityRobert Hensing1-1/+1
The current doc is wildly out of touch with reality. A regex search shows the following stats. ``` Style example Frequency Regex used nix-2-5: 8 [a-zA-Z]-[0-9]+(-[0-9]+)+ = nix-2_5: 17 [a-zA-Z]-[0-9]+(_[0-9]+)+ = nix_2_5: 689 [a-zA-Z]_[0-9]+(_[0-9]+)+ = nix_2-5: 1 [a-zA-Z]_[0-9]+(-[0-9]+)+ = ```
2022-01-15doc: fix broken linkNicolas Benes1-1/+1
The file was renamed/modified in 3f40ca4 but the documentation was not updated. Closes #155049.
2022-01-03Merge pull request #152451 from ncfavier/unix-man-urlsRenaud1-1/+1
doc: remove reference to unix-man-urls.lua
2021-12-30Merge pull request #149867 from erikarvstedt/docs-stable-releaseJan Tojnar1-3/+13
docs: improve section `Stable release branches`
2021-12-28doc: remove reference to unix-man-urls.luaNaïm Favier1-1/+1
2021-12-28docs: improve section `Stable release branches`Erik Arvstedt1-3/+13
- Explain branch naming scheme for stable release branches - Split into subsections `Automatically backporting ...` and `Manually backporting...`.
2021-12-18doc: minimize mentions of nix-env -i without -A in nixpkgs manualGuillaume Girol1-4/+4
2021-12-08docs: Make coding conventions use pname/versionDoron Behar1-5/+5
Make it clear that we prefer using `pname` and `version` separated and not the `name` attribute.
2021-10-28doc: fix typoSandro Jäckel1-1/+1
2021-10-05doc/contributing: add lib.optional (#121251)Sandro1-0/+15
Co-authored-by: Cole Helbling <cole.e.helbling@outlook.com>
2021-09-07Merge pull request #130047 from NixOS/doc-manpage-roleJan Tojnar1-0/+7
doc: Add support for manpage references
2021-08-14nixpkgs-docs: when to prefer passthru.tests over installCheckPhaseArnout Engelen1-1/+20
And mention you can have either lightweight 'package' or more heavyweight 'NixOS' (module) tests. This was suggested at https://github.com/ryantm/nixpkgs-update/issues/260#issuecomment-821287971 and discussed further at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/119731
2021-08-02Merge pull request #130207 from hercules-ci/passthru-sensible-timeoutdavidak1-1/+1
doc/coding-conventions: Increase passthru test timeout 3s -> 60s
2021-07-28Merge pull request #126001 from est31/masterRyan Mulligan1-1/+1
Add the -a param to the docs
2021-07-27manuals: Describe how to link NixOS tests from packagesNiklas Hambüchen1-1/+27
2021-07-14doc/coding-conventions: Increase passthru test timeout 3s -> 60sRobert Hensing1-1/+1
3s is too small a margin for a loaded slow system to start a bloated program. This leads to problems when tests are written on decent dev hardware but later run on build farms of potentially slower hardware, particularly in the case of non x86. The chance of needing the timeout is actually very small, so those rare 57s are a reasonable price to pay for fewer timeouts on build farms, each of which should be investigated and usually fixed by increasing the timeout.
2021-07-13doc: Linkify man page referencesJan Tojnar1-1/+3
2021-07-13doc: Add support for MyST rolesJan Tojnar1-0/+5
Officially, only the manpage role is supported at the moment. Unlike in rST, the syntax uses braces instead of colons: {manpage}`nix.conf(5)`
2021-06-26CONTRIBUTING.md: Move to repo root, where it is more visible.Niklas Hambüchen1-2/+2
We found that many users found it difficult to locate this document. Github supports it in the root, see: https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors
2021-06-09doc/manual: Add backport criteriaJonathan Ringer1-0/+11
2021-06-07doc: Use markdown syntax for xrefsJan Tojnar3-3/+8
Syntax is taken from MyST: https://myst-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using/syntax.html#targets-and-cross-referencing
2021-06-07doc: prepare for commonmarkJan Tojnar4-5/+10
We are still using Pandoc’s Markdown parser, which differs from CommonMark spec slightly. Notably: - Line breaks in lists behave differently. - Admonitions do not support the simpler syntax https://github.com/jgm/commonmark-hs/issues/75 - The auto_identifiers uses a different algorithm – I made the previous ones explicit. - Languages (classes) of code blocks cannot contain whitespace so we have to use “pycon” alias instead of Python “console” as GitHub’s linguist While at it, I also fixed the following issues: - ShellSesssion was used - Removed some pointless docbook tags.