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Use envvars NIX_CACHE_HOME, NIX_CONFIG_HOME, NIX_DATA_HOME, NIX_STATE_HOME if defined (#11351)

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synopsis: Use envvars NIX_CACHE_HOME, NIX_CONFIG_HOME, NIX_DATA_HOME, NIX_STATE_HOME if defined
prs: [11351]
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Added new environment variables:
- `NIX_CACHE_HOME`
- `NIX_CONFIG_HOME`
- `NIX_DATA_HOME`
- `NIX_STATE_HOME`
Each, if defined, takes precedence over the corresponding [XDG environment variable](@docroot@/command-ref/env-common.md#xdg-base-directories).
This provides more fine-grained control over where Nix looks for files, and allows to have a stand-alone Nix environment, which only uses files in a specific directory, and doesn't interfere with the user environment.

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- [`XDG_STATE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_STATE_HOME} (default `~/.local/state`)
- [`XDG_CACHE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_CACHE_HOME} (default `~/.cache`)
[XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories
In addition, setting the following environment variables overrides the XDG base directories:
- [`NIX_CONFIG_HOME`]{#env-NIX_CONFIG_HOME} (default `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nix`)
- [`NIX_STATE_HOME`]{#env-NIX_STATE_HOME} (default `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix`)
- [`NIX_CACHE_HOME`]{#env-NIX_CACHE_HOME} (default `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/nix`)
When [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is enabled, the configuration directory is:
1. `$NIX_CONFIG_HOME`, if it is defined
2. Otherwise, `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nix`, if `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is defined
3. Otherwise, `~/.config/nix`.
Likewise for the state and cache directories.