nix/doc/manual/source/protocols/derivation-aterm.md
John Ericson eb7d7780b1 Rename doc/manual{src -> source}
This is needed to avoid this
https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/13774 when we go back to
making our subproject directory `src`.
2024-10-14 11:21:24 -04:00

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Derivation "ATerm" file format

For historical reasons, derivations are stored on-disk in ATerm format.

Derivations are serialised in one of the following formats:

  • Derive(...)
    

    For all stable derivations.

  • DrvWithVersion(<version-string>, ...)
    

    The only version-strings that are in use today are for experimental features: