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diff --git a/nix/readTree/README.md b/nix/readTree/README.md index c93cf2bfdd61..138abbe30583 100644 --- a/nix/readTree/README.md +++ b/nix/readTree/README.md @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ with some exceptions: * If a folder contains a `default.nix` it is loaded and, if it evaluates to a set, *merged* with the children. If it evaluates to anything else the children are *not traversed*. +* The `default.nix` of the top-level folder on which readTree is + called is **not** read to avoid infinite recursion (as, presumably, + this file is where readTree itself is called). Traversal is lazy, `readTree` will only build up the tree as requested. This currently has the downside that directories with no importable files end up in |