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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md b/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md index ba1bd8cb9861..fbb8b0dc05c1 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md +++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ The structure of this directory maps almost directly to top-level package attributes. This is the recommended way to add new top-level packages to Nixpkgs [when possible](#limitations). +Packages found in the named-based structure do not need to be explicitly added to the +`top-level/all-packages.nix` file unless they require overriding the default value +of an implicit attribute (see below). + ## Example The top-level package `pkgs.some-package` may be declared by setting up this file structure: |