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doc: link NIX_PATH mentions to its definition - #16752
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NIX_PATH is defined in command-ref/env-common.md, but several pages mention it in prose without linking there, so readers have no direct way to find what it does or how it is resolved. Link the mentions in nix-instantiate, nix-shell and nix build to the definition. Closes: NixOS#7142
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Motivation
NIX_PATHis defined incommand-ref/env-common.md, but several pages mention it without linking to that definition, which makes the definition hard to find.Closes: #7142
Implementation
Linked the remaining unlinked mentions to
env-common.md#env-NIX_PATH:doc/manual/source/command-ref nix-instantiate.md(--find-file)doc/manual/source/command-ref/nix-shell.md(the--purenote and the-pparagraph)src/nix/build.md(thenix buildexample)The first two pages include
env-common.md, so they use the short#env-NIX_PATHanchor, asnix-channel.mdalready does.build.mdis outsidecommand-ref, so it uses the full@docroot@path. I did not touchopt-common.md,nix-channel.mdorlanguage/index.md, which already link to it.