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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-syntax.chapter.md b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-syntax.chapter.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9e606b2b82af --- /dev/null +++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-syntax.chapter.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Configuration Syntax {#sec-configuration-syntax} + +The NixOS configuration file `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` is actually +a *Nix expression*, which is the Nix package manager's purely functional +language for describing how to build packages and configurations. This +means you have all the expressive power of that language at your +disposal, including the ability to abstract over common patterns, which +is very useful when managing complex systems. The syntax and semantics +of the Nix language are fully described in the [Nix +manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-writing-nix-expressions), but +here we give a short overview of the most important constructs useful in +NixOS configuration files. + +```{=include=} sections +config-file.section.md +abstractions.section.md +modularity.section.md +``` |