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authorAlyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>2020-04-27 21:04:56 +0000
committerAlyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>2020-04-27 21:04:56 +0000
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Merge commit '22a3bf9fb9edad917fb6cd1066d58b5e426ee975'
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/lib/options.nix b/nixpkgs/lib/options.nix
index 71481c9250ab..38f4f1329f21 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/lib/options.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/lib/options.nix
@@ -191,7 +191,14 @@ rec {
 
      Example:
        (showOption ["foo" "bar" "baz"]) == "foo.bar.baz"
-       (showOption ["foo" "bar.baz" "tux"]) == "foo.\"bar.baz\".tux"
+       (showOption ["foo" "bar.baz" "tux"]) == "foo.bar.baz.tux"
+
+     Placeholders will not be quoted as they are not actual values:
+       (showOption ["foo" "*" "bar"]) == "foo.*.bar"
+       (showOption ["foo" "<name>" "bar"]) == "foo.<name>.bar"
+
+     Unlike attributes, options can also start with numbers:
+       (showOption ["windowManager" "2bwm" "enable"]) == "windowManager.2bwm.enable"
   */
   showOption = parts: let
     escapeOptionPart = part: