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2013-07-19 Rename ‘nix-build --run-env’ to ‘nix-shell’Eelco Dolstra1-76/+2
2013-07-19 nix-build --run-env: Add a ‘--pure’ flagEelco Dolstra1-1/+28
This causes the environment to be (almost) cleared, thus giving a shell that more closely resembled the actual Nix derivation.
2013-07-11 nix-build --run-env: Source $stdenv/setup in the interactive shellEelco Dolstra1-8/+9
This ensures that not just environment variables are set, but also shell functions such as unpackPhase, configurePhase and so on.
2012-12-04 Document multiple output supportEelco Dolstra1-8/+27
2012-05-10 Document "nix-build --run-env"Eelco Dolstra1-1/+50
2012-05-09 Document some nix-store subcommandsEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2012-04-06 Include environment variables in the manpagesEelco Dolstra1-0/+9
2012-04-06 Include common options in the manpages using some XInclude hackeryEelco Dolstra1-5/+9
2012-01-13 * nix-build: put the temporary derivation symlink in a temporaryEelco Dolstra1-16/+14
directory rather than the current directory. * nix-build: --drv-link now implies --add-drv-link.
2009-07-14 * Remove the redundant <sections> around refentries.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+2
2007-12-31 * More documentation.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+1
2007-09-19 * Manpage for nix-copy-closure.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+9
2007-02-05 * Compatibility with docbook5-xsl.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2006-10-05 * Documented nix-instantiate --xml, --strict.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+16
* Added an example to the nix-build section.
2006-10-05 * Documented --attr / -A.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+7
2006-10-05 * Document --arg.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+8
2006-10-02 * Manual updates (especially how nix-build makes testing packages muchEelco Dolstra1-6/+32
easier; no longer need a helper expression).
2006-08-21 * Convert to DocBook 5.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+3
* Use Jing for RelaxNG validation, xmllint seems buggy.
2005-07-13 * nix-build: default to `./default.nix' if no paths are specified.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+4
So when using Nix as a build tool, you can just say `nix-build' and it will build the top-level derivation defined in `default.nix'.
2005-04-10 * Manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+2
2005-04-07 * More manual updates.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+72