Explicitly describe the effects of filterSource excluding a directory.

2018-05-30 12:34:41 -04:00
parent 5d4a9d5677
commit bbbfc180d9
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -459,7 +459,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
      <literal>"unknown"</literal> (for other kinds of files such as
      device nodes or fifos — but note that those cannot be copied to
      the Nix store, so if the predicate returns
-      <literal>true</literal> for them, the copy will fail).</para>
+      <literal>true</literal> for them, the copy will fail). If you
+      exclude a directory, the entire corresponding subtree of
+      <replaceable>e2</replaceable> will be excluded.</para>

    </listitem>