Merge pull request #7485 from fricklerhandwerk/doc-store-derivation

define "store derivation"

src/libcmd/installables.cc

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode)
 
     addFlag({
         .longName = "derivation",
-        .description = "Operate on the store derivation rather than its outputs.",
+        .description = "Operate on the [store derivation](../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) rather than its outputs.",
         .category = installablesCategory,
         .handler = {&operateOn, OperateOn::Derivation},
     });

src/nix/nix.md

@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ the Nix store. Here are the recognised types of installables:
 
 * **Store derivations**: `/nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv`
 
-  Store derivations are store paths with extension `.drv` and are a
-  low-level representation of a build-time dependency graph used
-  internally by Nix. By default, if you pass a store derivation to a
-  `nix` subcommand, it will operate on the *output paths* of the
-  derivation. For example, `nix path-info` prints information about
-  the output paths:
+  Store derivations are a low-level, internal representation of build tasks in Nix, and have store paths with extension `.drv`.
+  By default, if you pass the path to a store derivation to a `nix` subcommand, the command will operate on the [output path]s of the derivation.
+
+  [output path]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-output-path
+
+  For example, `nix path-info` prints information about the output paths:
 
   ```console
   # nix path-info --json /nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv
@@ -202,9 +202,11 @@ operate are determined as follows:
   a command like `nix shell nixpkgs#libxml2` will provide only those
   two outputs by default.
 
-  Note that a store derivation (given by `.drv` file store path) doesn't have
+  Note that a [store derivation] (given by its `.drv` file store path) doesn't have
   any attributes like `meta`, and thus this case doesn't apply to it.
 
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
+
 * Otherwise, Nix will use all outputs of the derivation.
 
 # Nix stores

src/nix/path-info.md

@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ R""(
   ]
   ```
 
-* Print the path of the store derivation produced by `nixpkgs#hello`:
+* Print the path of the [store derivation] produced by `nixpkgs#hello`:
+
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
 
   ```console
   # nix path-info --derivation nixpkgs#hello

src/nix/show-derivation.md

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ R""(
 
 # Examples
 
-* Show the store derivation that results from evaluating the Hello
+* Show the [store derivation] that results from evaluating the Hello
   package:
 
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
+
   ```console
   # nix show-derivation nixpkgs#hello
   {
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ R""(
 # Description
 
 This command prints on standard output a JSON representation of the
-store derivations to which *installables* evaluate. Store derivations
+[store derivation]s to which *installables* evaluate. Store derivations
 are used internally by Nix. They are store paths with extension `.drv`
 that represent the build-time dependency graph to which a Nix
 expression evaluates.

src/nix/store-copy-log.md

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ R""(
   (The flag `--substituters ''` avoids querying
   `https://cache.nixos.org` for the log.)
 
-* To copy the log for a specific store derivation via SSH:
+* To copy the log for a specific [store derivation] via SSH:
+
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
 
   ```console
   # nix store copy-log --to ssh-ng://machine /nix/store/ilgm50plpmcgjhcp33z6n4qbnpqfhxym-glibc-2.33-59.drv