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Documentation

Docs are generated from comments in .nix files. This results in kind of weird config format, but makes it easier to track configuration changes and add/remove docs as required.

How docs are generated

nixdoc utility enables us to generate documentation from comments in .nix file, like doxygen and rustdoc do.

nixdoc requires this flags:

  • category (derived from file’s path)
  • description (derived from file’s first line if it’s commented)

most hard part is to generate SUMMARY.md. generator uses orderKey of type {num}|{mdPath} and derives indentation from path’s depth, so chapters have proper order.

run nix build .#docBuild to build documentation. run nix run .#docServe to serve documentation site