Commit 11406bdc authored by Silvan Mosberger's avatar Silvan Mosberger
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nixos/nixpkgs: Rewrite overlays option docs



henrik-ch was also here :)

Co-Authored-By: default avatarValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
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        '';
      type = types.listOf overlayType;
      description = lib.mdDoc ''
        List of overlays to use with the Nix Packages collection.
        (For details, see the Nixpkgs documentation.)  It allows
        you to override packages globally. Each function in the list
        takes as an argument the *original* Nixpkgs.
        The first argument should be used for finding dependencies, and
        the second should be used for overriding recipes.

        If `nixpkgs.pkgs` is set, overlays specified here
        will be applied after the overlays that were already present
        in `nixpkgs.pkgs`.
        List of overlays to apply to Nixpkgs.
        This option allows modifying the Nixpkgs package set accessed through the `pkgs` module argument.

        For details, see the [Overlays chapter in the Nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-overlays).

        If the {option}`nixpkgs.pkgs` option is set, overlays specified using `nixpkgs.overlays` will be applied after the overlays that were already included in `nixpkgs.pkgs`.
      '';
    };