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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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Contributing
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<label class="md-nav__link " for="__nav_4_8" id="__nav_4_8_label" tabindex="0">
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<label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_4_8">
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
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Contributing
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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Table of contents
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</label>
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<a href="#when-should-a-new-feature-be-marked-experimental" class="md-nav__link">
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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When should a new feature be marked experimental?
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<a href="#lifecycle-of-an-experimental-feature" class="md-nav__link">
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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Lifecycle of an experimental feature
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Currently available experimental features
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</a>
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<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Currently available experimental features">
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<a href="#xp-feature-auto-allocate-uids" class="md-nav__link">
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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auto-allocate-uids
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</span>
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</a>
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<a href="#xp-feature-ca-derivations" class="md-nav__link">
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ca-derivations
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</a>
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cgroups
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</a>
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daemon-trust-override
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</a>
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dynamic-derivations
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fetch-closure
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</a>
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impure-derivations
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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nix-command
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</a>
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<a href="#xp-feature-no-url-literals" class="md-nav__link">
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no-url-literals
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</a>
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parse-toml-timestamps
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</a>
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<a href="#xp-feature-read-only-local-store" class="md-nav__link">
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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read-only-local-store
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</a>
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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recursive-nix
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<a href="#xp-feature-repl-automation" class="md-nav__link">
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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repl-automation
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<a href="#xp-feature-repl-flake" class="md-nav__link">
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<span class="md-ellipsis">
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repl-flake
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</a>
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Hacking
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It is primarily an issue of <em>design</em> and <em>communication</em>, targeting the broader community.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>This means that experimental features and RFCs are orthogonal mechanisms, and can be used independently or together as needed.</p>
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<h2 id="currently-available-experimental-features">Currently available experimental features</h2>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-auto-allocate-uids"><code>auto-allocate-uids</code></h3>
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<p>Allows Nix to automatically pick UIDs for builds, rather than creating
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<code>nixbld*</code> user accounts. See the <a href="#conf-auto-allocate-uids"><code>auto-allocate-uids</code></a> setting for details.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-ca-derivations"><code>ca-derivations</code></h3>
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<p>Allow derivations to be content-addressed in order to prevent
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rebuilds when changes to the derivation do not result in changes to
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the derivation's output. See
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<a href="../../language/advanced-attributes/#adv-attr-__contentAddressed">__contentAddressed</a>
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for details.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-cgroups"><code>cgroups</code></h3>
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<p>Allows Nix to execute builds inside cgroups. See
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the <a href="#conf-use-cgroups"><code>use-cgroups</code></a> setting for details.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-daemon-trust-override"><code>daemon-trust-override</code></h3>
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<p>Allow forcing trusting or not trusting clients with
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<code>nix-daemon</code>. This is useful for testing, but possibly also
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useful for various experiments with <code>nix-daemon --stdio</code>
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networking.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-dynamic-derivations"><code>dynamic-derivations</code></h3>
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<p>Allow the use of a few things related to dynamic derivations:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p>"text hashing" derivation outputs, so we can build .drv
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files.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>dependencies in derivations on the outputs of
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derivations that are themselves derivations outputs.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-fetch-closure"><code>fetch-closure</code></h3>
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<p>Enable the use of the <a href="../../language/builtins/#builtins-fetchClosure"><code>fetchClosure</code></a> built-in function in the Nix language.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-flakes"><code>flakes</code></h3>
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<p>Enable flakes. See the manual entry for <a href="../../Command-Reference/New-CLI/nix3-flake/"><code>nix
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flake</code></a> for details.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-impure-derivations"><code>impure-derivations</code></h3>
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<p>Allow derivations to produce non-fixed outputs by setting the
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<code>__impure</code> derivation attribute to <code>true</code>. An impure derivation can
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have differing outputs each time it is built.</p>
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<p>Example:</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>derivation {
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name = "impure";
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builder = /bin/sh;
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__impure = true; ## mark this derivation as impure
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args = [ "-c" "read -n 10 random < /dev/random; echo $random > $out" ];
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system = builtins.currentSystem;
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}
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</code></pre></div>
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<p>Each time this derivation is built, it can produce a different
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output (as the builder outputs random bytes to <code>$out</code>). Impure
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derivations also have access to the network, and only fixed-output
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or other impure derivations can rely on impure derivations. Finally,
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an impure derivation cannot also be
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<a href="#xp-feature-ca-derivations">content-addressed</a>.</p>
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<p>This is a more explicit alternative to using <a href="../../language/builtin-constants/#builtins-currentTime"><code>builtins.currentTime</code></a>.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-nix-command"><code>nix-command</code></h3>
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<p>Enable the new <code>nix</code> subcommands. See the manual on
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<a href="../../Command-Reference/New-CLI/nix/"><code>nix</code></a> for details.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-no-url-literals"><code>no-url-literals</code></h3>
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<p>Disallow unquoted URLs as part of the Nix language syntax. The Nix
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language allows for URL literals, like so:</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>$ nix repl
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Welcome to Nix 2.15.0. Type :? for help.
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nix-repl> http://foo
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"http://foo"
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</code></pre></div>
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<p>But enabling this experimental feature will cause the Nix parser to
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throw an error when encountering a URL literal:</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>$ nix repl --extra-experimental-features 'no-url-literals'
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Welcome to Nix 2.15.0. Type :? for help.
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nix-repl> http://foo
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error: URL literals are disabled
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at «string»:1:1:
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1| http://foo
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| ^
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</code></pre></div>
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<p>While this is currently an experimental feature, unquoted URLs are
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being deprecated and their usage is discouraged.</p>
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<p>The reason is that, as opposed to path literals, URLs have no
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special properties that distinguish them from regular strings, URLs
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containing parameters have to be quoted anyway, and unquoted URLs
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may confuse external tooling.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-parse-toml-timestamps"><code>parse-toml-timestamps</code></h3>
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<p>Allow parsing of timestamps in builtins.fromTOML.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-read-only-local-store"><code>read-only-local-store</code></h3>
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<p>Allow the use of the <code>read-only</code> parameter in <a href="../../Command-Reference/New-CLI/nix3-help-stores/#local-store">local store</a> URIs.</p>
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<h3 id="xp-feature-recursive-nix"><code>recursive-nix</code></h3>
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<p>Allow derivation builders to call Nix, and thus build derivations
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recursively.</p>
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<p>Example:</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>with import <nixpkgs> {};
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runCommand "foo"
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{
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buildInputs = [ nix jq ];
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NIX_PATH = "nixpkgs=${<nixpkgs>}";
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}
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''
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hello=$(nix-build -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).hello.overrideDerivation (args: { name = "recursive-hello"; })')
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mkdir -p $out/bin
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ln -s $hello/bin/hello $out/bin/hello
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''
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</code></pre></div>
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<p>An important restriction on recursive builders is disallowing
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arbitrary substitutions. For example, running</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>nix-store -r /nix/store/kmwd1hq55akdb9sc7l3finr175dajlby-hello-2.10
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</code></pre></div>
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<p>in the above <code>runCommand</code> script would be disallowed, as this could
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lead to derivations with hidden dependencies or breaking
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reproducibility by relying on the current state of the Nix store. An
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exception would be if
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<code>/nix/store/kmwd1hq55akdb9sc7l3finr175dajlby-hello-2.10</code> were
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already in the build inputs or built by a previous recursive Nix
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