This directory houses the sources files for the Nixpkgs reference manual.
Going forward, it should only contain [reference](https://nix.dev/contributing/documentation/diataxis#reference) documentation.
For tutorials, guides and explanations, contribute to <https://nix.dev/> instead.
For documentation only relevant for contributors, use Markdown files and code comments in the source code.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> We are actively restructuring our documentation to follow the [Diátaxis framework](https://diataxis.fr/)
>
> Going forward, this directory should **only** contain [reference documentation](https://nix.dev/contributing/documentation/diataxis#reference).
> For tutorials, guides and explanations, contribute to <https://nix.dev/> instead.
>
> We are actively working to generate **all** reference documentation from the [doc-comments](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0145-doc-strings.md) present in code.
> This also provides the benefit of using `:doc` in the `nix repl` to view reference documentation locally on the fly.
For documentation only relevant for contributors, use Markdown files next to the source and regular code comments.
> [!TIP]
> Feedback for improving support for parsing and rendering doc-comments is highly appreciated.
> [Open an issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/new?labels=6.topic%3A+documentation&title=Doc%3A+) to request bugfixes or new features.
Valentin Gagarin <valentin@gagarin.work>