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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2013-07-03T16·35+0200 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2013-07-03T16·35+0200 |
| commit | b584a42e3db8302095e786b4a12894d073fd75cf (patch) | |
| tree | cefa11ee2200aab594cf8ae7502c2ce413f536ea /doc/manual/conf-file.xml | |
| parent | 5116214343ecce70a3cb7037f223313314a0a614 (diff) | |
Manual: auto-optimise-store is disabled by default
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/conf-file.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/conf-file.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml index fa9149834d37..754c4d02967b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml @@ -425,12 +425,13 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para> <varlistentry><term><literal>auto-optimise-store</literal></term> - <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default), - Nix automatically detects files in the store that have identical + <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, Nix + automatically detects files in the store that have identical contents, and replaces them with hard links to a single copy. - This saves disk space. If set to <literal>false</literal>, you - can still run <command>nix-store --optimise</command> to get rid - of duplicate files.</para></listitem> + This saves disk space. If set to <literal>false</literal> (the + default), you can still run <command>nix-store + --optimise</command> to get rid of duplicate + files.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |