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Allow the leading component of a path to be a ~

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Shea Levy 2015-02-19 08:05:16 -05:00
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doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
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@ -155,7 +155,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
expression that contained it. For instance, if a Nix expression in
<filename>/foo/bar/bla.nix</filename> refers to
<filename>../xyzzy/fnord.nix</filename>, the absolute path is
<filename>/foo/xyzzy/fnord.nix</filename>.</para></listitem>
<filename>/foo/xyzzy/fnord.nix</filename>.</para>
<para>If the first component of a path is a <literal>~</literal>,
it is interpreted as if the rest of the path were relative to the
user's home directory. e.g. <filename>~/foo</filename> would be
equivalent to <filename>/home/edolstra/foo</filename> for a user
whose home directory is <filename>/home/edolstra</filename>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Booleans</emphasis> with values
<literal>true</literal> and