From 8ab8d9cb74e75de46e647a5d77c137f7ef3ebd2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 15:02:43 -0400
Subject: Add user channels to the default nix path

---
 nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'nixos/doc')

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
index 959bd86759b1..111d6636dd81 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,21 @@ has the following highlights: </para>
 <itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
     <para>
-      TODO
+      User channels are now in the default <literal>NIX_PATH</literal>,
+      allowing users to use their personal <command>nix-channel</command>
+      defined channels in <command>nix-build</command> and
+      <command>nix-shell</command> commands, as well as in imports like
+      <code>import &lt;mychannel&gt;</code>.
     </para>
+    <para>For example</para>
+    <programlisting>
+$ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgsunstable
+$ nix-channel --update
+$ nix-build '&lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt;' -A gitFull
+$ nix run -f '&lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt;' gitFull
+$ nix-instantiate -E '(import &lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt; {}).gitFull'
+</programlisting>
   </listitem>
-
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </section>
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