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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-04-17T15·19+0200
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-04-17T15·19+0200
commit9cd3ff1059e9daffe65e24dc826268f1e69e2593 (patch)
tree00fe9e7c4c79dab32261f8d5f637f0392a6443e8 /doc/manual/nix-instantiate.xml
parent8745fade0387b2900a98b95798d9f12be7ef97ca (diff)
nix-instantiate: default to "default.nix" if no arguments are given
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@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
 <para>The command <command>nix-instantiate</command> generates <link
 linkend="gloss-derivation">store derivations</link> from (high-level)
 Nix expressions.  It loads and evaluates the Nix expressions in each
-of <replaceable>files</replaceable>.  Each top-level expression should
-evaluate to a derivation, a list of derivations, or a set of
+of <replaceable>files</replaceable> (which defaults to
+<replaceable>./default.nix</replaceable>).  Each top-level expression
+should evaluate to a derivation, a list of derivations, or a set of
 derivations.  The paths of the resulting store derivations are printed
 on standard output.</para>