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diff --git a/doc/build-helpers/trivial-build-helpers.chapter.md b/doc/build-helpers/trivial-build-helpers.chapter.md index 8354ee23b2db..6d14db639938 100644 --- a/doc/build-helpers/trivial-build-helpers.chapter.md +++ b/doc/build-helpers/trivial-build-helpers.chapter.md @@ -658,14 +658,18 @@ This creates a derivation with a directory structure like the following: ## `writeReferencesToFile` {#trivial-builder-writeReferencesToFile} -Writes the closure of transitive dependencies to a file. +Deprecated. Use [`writeClosure`](#trivial-builder-writeClosure) instead. -This produces the equivalent of `nix-store -q --requisites`. +## `writeClosure` {#trivial-builder-writeClosure} + +Given a list of [store paths](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/glossary#gloss-store-path) (or string-like expressions coercible to store paths), write their collective [closure](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/glossary#gloss-closure) to a text file. + +The result is equivalent to the output of `nix-store -q --requisites`. For example, ```nix -writeReferencesToFile (writeScriptBin "hi" ''${hello}/bin/hello'') +writeClosure [ (writeScriptBin "hi" ''${hello}/bin/hello'') ] ``` produces an output path `/nix/store/<hash>-runtime-deps` containing |