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Merge branch 'master' of github.com:NixOS/nix into no-manifests

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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xml:id="sec-conf-file">
<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xml:id="sec-conf-file">
<title>Nix configuration file</title>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>nix.conf</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>nix.conf</refname>
<refpurpose>Nix configuration file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsection><title>Description</title>
<para>A number of persistent settings of Nix are stored in the file
<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/nix.conf</filename>.
This file is a list of <literal><replaceable>name</replaceable> =
<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal> pairs, one per line.
Comments start with a <literal>#</literal> character. An example
configuration file is shown in <xref linkend="ex-nix-conf" />.</para>
<example xml:id='ex-nix-conf'><title>Nix configuration file</title>
Comments start with a <literal>#</literal> character. Here is an example
configuration file:</para>
<programlisting>
gc-keep-outputs = true # Nice for developers
gc-keep-derivations = true # Idem
env-keep-derivations = false
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>The following variables are currently available:
<para>The following settings are currently available:
<variablelist>
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</para>
</refsection>
</section>
</refentry>