66 commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Lorenzo Manacorda	39c5c7397e	docs: improve description of extraSpecialArgs	2021-11-13 01:01:01 +01:00
Arash Outadi	13e00b70a4	docs: remove $ prompts to make it easier to copy paste	2021-10-14 00:06:10 +02:00
Kid	88f9b33384	docs: update session variables suggestion for Fish	2021-10-04 20:30:22 +02:00
Romanos Skiadas	2952168ed5	docs: update session-vars info about fish shell ... The docs implied that fish was not really supported, but if fish is managed by Home Manager, the generated config does use fenv to source the session-vars file. Update the installation instructions and FAQ to mention that fish does work, and mention fenv in the README.	2021-09-04 23:12:17 +02:00
Kid	04955ca970	README: fix outdated description (#2131) ... * README: fix outdated description	2021-06-22 16:20:13 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	5c1415d67f	docs: mark 21.05 as stable version	2021-06-05 19:54:25 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	ab64dc3249	docs: make OFTC upper case	2021-05-29 20:22:40 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	3591cd2b3b	docs: switch IRC to OFTC	2021-05-29 19:29:15 +02:00
jgart	56f5f41ed4	README: typo fix (#1912)	2021-04-08 11:11:39 -04:00
Ivan Babrou	cc89be5a30	docs: remove stray ` from README.md ... The typo came from #1705.	2021-01-11 00:14:01 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	cb1ed0d2f3	docs: rephrase warning section slightly	2021-01-09 10:09:43 +01:00
Aleksey Kladov	32371301d3	doc: clarify what is user environment	2021-01-09 08:58:46 +01:00
Vojtěch Káně	374649a15b	docs: some extension for flakes users ... PR #1655	2020-12-31 15:12:40 +01:00
David Arnold	ca7fd5a643	readme: use less ambiguous user name in example ... The example used `user` as the username, which may be confusing. Instead use `jdoe`, which is more clearly a username.	2020-12-25 13:16:30 +01:00
bobfp	2b1892e646	docs: make nix-channel choice more clear	2020-12-21 00:28:14 +01:00
Roosembert Palacios	6dc8de259a	flake: expose Home Manager lib	2020-12-14 21:02:15 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	072a6ea333	docs: change stable from 20.03 to 20.09	2020-11-02 23:13:20 +01:00
Ivan Tham	a98ec6ec15	readme: mention that Nix 2.4 is not supported ... Improves experience before people manually find #1561.	2020-10-28 23:03:00 +01:00
Niklas Hambüchen	abaebf3b34	README: Remove dangling reference to IcedTea	2020-10-25 19:44:12 +01:00
zimbatm	9cf5f764e1	tree-wide: update link to the doc	2020-10-22 22:41:56 +02:00
Vladimir Serov	da6077a899	README: less complex minimal flake.nix example	2020-09-30 23:27:28 +02:00
Mattia Gheda	521a808151	README: Update README.md to point to new url (#1530) ... home-manager moved to a community-based project.	2020-09-29 20:30:06 +02:00
Tony Olagbaiye	bfc66df13d	readme: add a basic flake usage example	2020-09-04 14:24:38 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	a94c8b072e	readme: add reference to Nix Pills	2020-06-25 00:10:08 +02:00
Matthew Bauer	d99f54b51b	readme: remove firefox "enableIcedTea" option ... This option was actually removed in commit 3461ceebc0.	2020-05-22 00:07:53 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	9ec9f004e1	home-manager: use nix-env to list generations ... Using the `nix-env` command is far more robust. It also has the benefit that if the per-user `profiles` and `gcroots` directories do not exist then they will be created with the correct permissions. Because of the second point this commit also removes the `mkdir` step of the installation instructions. PR #1239 Closes #474, #948, #1091	2020-05-16 19:17:13 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	42e4eef749	Update documentation for release 20.03	2020-04-23 00:29:11 +02:00
Erik Arvstedt	c7b43786ad	README: add link to main manual page ... The main manual page is highly relevant and should be easily discoverable from the README. PR #1059 Fixes #1048	2020-03-07 13:32:36 +01:00
Vojtěch Káně	9ab4e70d17	readme: add notes on release policy ... PR #1046	2020-02-24 23:09:18 +01:00
eyeinsky	e5fb259872	readme: add more prominent link to the manual ... PR #996	2020-01-26 12:04:43 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	6b6f759e7a	doc: update version number in some places	2019-10-29 23:08:46 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	8ecc311bcc	Update stable version to 19.03 ... Also prepares for 19.09.	2019-04-22 20:04:31 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	2e1c825b90	readme: expand contact section slightly ... In particular, mention that the channel is hosted by freenode and the channel logs are hosted by samueldr.	2019-03-23 23:20:22 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	a974ce6257	readme: add contact section with the IRC channel	2019-03-22 19:10:43 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	235a6617c4	readme: add notice that relog may be needed ... Also add instructions for non-NixOS users to add the user channel directory to `NIX_PATH`.	2018-12-23 10:55:30 +01:00
Lorenzo	93b10bcf3c	readme: fix .gitconfig example ... The example was referencing `~/.gitconfig`, which isn't being checked anymore since 356c0bf751.	2018-12-12 00:17:09 +01:00
Lorenzo Manacorda	4971e3735e	readme: clarify bash/zsh compatibility ... Makes it clearer that the compatibility mentioned only relates to the manual loading approach.	2018-12-12 00:15:54 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	6e67bb7ae6	doc: add installation instructions to manual ... Also minor cleanups in README.	2018-12-06 00:57:49 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	a37b5c9c61	Change installation instructions to use nix-channel ... This avoids the uncontrollable nature of fetching the tarball as part of the evaluation. Instead the user can decide when to update and also perform rollbacks, if necessary.	2018-12-04 00:59:52 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	ef29f321e0	readme: switch stable channel to 18.09	2018-12-03 01:06:12 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	5013155e58	readme: documentation is now hosted on GitLab	2018-10-18 23:42:15 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	dfaccdd03b	readme: make branch suggestion more clear ... Fixes #270.	2018-05-22 18:14:37 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	bbcef2fd33	readme: add link to online options documentation	2018-05-11 22:38:47 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	9141d11a7d	readme: update stable NixOS version to 18.03	2018-04-19 18:29:04 +02:00
Robert Helgesson	a154e2ea1a	readme: add basic rollback instructions	2018-01-27 10:22:54 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	4f9158e533	readme: add note about session variables file ... If a user does not want to manage their shell configuration through Home Manager then they have to manually make sure that the session variables are set.	2018-01-07 17:52:13 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	26cf42049d	readme: minor rewording	2017-11-29 23:53:49 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	06d4f39e7b	home-manager: use shellHook to install ... This changes the installation command from nix-shell $HM_PATH -A install --run 'home-manager switch' to nix-shell $HM_PATH -A install The added shell hook will print some useful information and run `home-manager switch`.	2017-11-29 23:48:58 +01:00
Robert Helgesson	4ccf43d753	readme: use IcedTea in example	2017-11-13 00:38:26 +01:00
BjornMelgaard	fc3e82584b	readme: expand preconditions installation step ... Also fix markdown list item numbering.	2017-11-06 18:02:15 +01:00