From 17afc42895a586d6eefa76583c55022261b0d923 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 20:14:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nix build: Add examples
---
src/nix/build.cc | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/nix/build.cc b/src/nix/build.cc
index 4240f06ad..42b3e42c6 100644
--- a/src/nix/build.cc
+++ b/src/nix/build.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ struct CmdBuild : MixDryRun, InstallablesCommand
return "build a derivation or fetch a store path";
}
+ Examples examples() override
+ {
+ return {
+ Example{
+ "To build and run GNU Hello from NixOS 17.03:",
+ "nix build -f channel:nixos-17.03 hello; ./result/bin/hello"
+ },
+ Example{
+ "To build the build.x86_64-linux attribute from release.nix:",
+ "nix build -f release.nix build.x86_64-linux"
+ },
+ };
+ }
+
void run(ref<Store> store) override
{
auto buildables = toBuildables(store, dryRun ? DryRun : Build);
--
GitLab