Merge pull request #6539 from jagajaga/documentation

add information about git-based pkgs
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Arseniy Seroka 2015-05-21 19:57:53 +03:00
commit 4e838ed303

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@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ bound to the variable name <varname>e2fsprogs</varname> in
a package named <literal>hello-svn</literal> by
<command>nix-env</command>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If package is fetched from git's commit then
the version part of the name <emphasis>must</emphasis> be the date of that
(fetched) commit. The date must be in <literal>"YYYY-MM-DD"</literal> format.
Also add <literal>"git"</literal> to the name - e.g.,
<literal>"pkgname-git-2014-09-23"</literal>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Dashes in the package name should be preserved
in new variable names, rather than converted to underscores
(which was convention up to around 2013 and most names