doc/contributing-to-documentation: Rough move to new contribution doc files

Section in the manual have been preserved with a simple redirect to
GitHub, the proper anchors should be filled out in a future commit once
the new section names are decided.

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 # Contributing to Nixpkgs documentation {#chap-contributing}
 
-The sources of the Nixpkgs manual are in the [doc](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/doc) subdirectory of the Nixpkgs repository.
-
-You can quickly check your edits with `nix-build`:
-
-```ShellSession
-$ cd /path/to/nixpkgs
-$ nix-build doc
-```
-
-If the build succeeds, the manual will be in `./result/share/doc/nixpkgs/manual.html`.
+This section has been moved to [doc/README.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/doc/README.md).
 
 ## devmode {#sec-contributing-devmode}
 
-The shell in the manual source directory makes available a command, `devmode`.
-It is a daemon, that:
-1. watches the manual's source for changes and when they occur — rebuilds
-2. HTTP serves the manual, injecting a script that triggers reload on changes
-3. opens the manual in the default browser
+This section has been moved to [doc/README.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/doc/README.md).
 
 ## Syntax {#sec-contributing-markup}
 
-As per [RFC 0072](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/72), all new documentation content should be written in [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) Markdown dialect.
-
-Additional syntax extensions are available, all of which can be used in NixOS option documentation. The following extensions are currently used:
-
-- []{#ssec-contributing-markup-tables}
-  Tables, using the [GitHub-flavored Markdown syntax](https://github.github.com/gfm/#tables-extension-).
-
-- []{#ssec-contributing-markup-anchors}
-  Explicitly defined **anchors** on headings, to allow linking to sections. These should be always used, to ensure the anchors can be linked even when the heading text changes, and to prevent conflicts between [automatically assigned identifiers](https://github.com/jgm/commonmark-hs/blob/master/commonmark-extensions/test/auto_identifiers.md).
-
-  It uses the widely compatible [header attributes](https://github.com/jgm/commonmark-hs/blob/master/commonmark-extensions/test/attributes.md) syntax:
-
-  ```markdown
-  ## Syntax {#sec-contributing-markup}
-  ```
-
-  ::: {.note}
-  NixOS option documentation does not support headings in general.
-  :::
-
-- []{#ssec-contributing-markup-anchors-inline}
-  **Inline anchors**, which allow linking arbitrary place in the text (e.g. individual list items, sentences…).
-
-  They are defined using a hybrid of the link syntax with the attributes syntax known from headings, called [bracketed spans](https://github.com/jgm/commonmark-hs/blob/master/commonmark-extensions/test/bracketed_spans.md):
-
-  ```markdown
-  - []{#ssec-gnome-hooks-glib} `glib` setup hook will populate `GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH` and then `wrapGAppsHook` will prepend it to `XDG_DATA_DIRS`.
-  ```
-
-- []{#ssec-contributing-markup-automatic-links}
-  If you **omit a link text** for a link pointing to a section, the text will be substituted automatically. For example, `[](#chap-contributing)` will result in [](#chap-contributing).
-
-  This syntax is taken from [MyST](https://myst-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using/syntax.html#targets-and-cross-referencing).
-
-- []{#ssec-contributing-markup-inline-roles}
-  If you want to link to a man page, you can use `` {manpage}`nix.conf(5)` ``, which will turn into {manpage}`nix.conf(5)`. The references will turn into links when a mapping exists in {file}`doc/manpage-urls.json`.
-
-  A few markups for other kinds of literals are also available:
-
-  - `` {command}`rm -rfi` `` turns into {command}`rm -rfi`
-  - `` {env}`XDG_DATA_DIRS` `` turns into {env}`XDG_DATA_DIRS`
-  - `` {file}`/etc/passwd` `` turns into {file}`/etc/passwd`
-  - `` {option}`networking.useDHCP` `` turns into {option}`networking.useDHCP`
-  - `` {var}`/etc/passwd` `` turns into {var}`/etc/passwd`
-
-  These literal kinds are used mostly in NixOS option documentation.
-
-  This syntax is taken from [MyST](https://myst-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/syntax/syntax.html#roles-an-in-line-extension-point). Though, the feature originates from [reStructuredText](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/roles.html#role-manpage) with slightly different syntax.
-
-- []{#ssec-contributing-markup-admonitions}
-  **Admonitions**, set off from the text to bring attention to something.
-
-  It uses pandoc’s [fenced `div`s syntax](https://github.com/jgm/commonmark-hs/blob/master/commonmark-extensions/test/fenced_divs.md):
-
-  ```markdown
-  ::: {.warning}
-  This is a warning
-  :::
-  ```
-
-  which renders as
-
-  > ::: {.warning}
-  > This is a warning.
-  > :::
-
-  The following are supported:
-
-    - [`caution`](https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.0/caution.html)
-    - [`important`](https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.0/important.html)
-    - [`note`](https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.0/note.html)
-    - [`tip`](https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.0/tip.html)
-    - [`warning`](https://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.0/warning.html)
-
-- []{#ssec-contributing-markup-definition-lists}
-  [**Definition lists**](https://github.com/jgm/commonmark-hs/blob/master/commonmark-extensions/test/definition_lists.md), for defining a group of terms:
-
-  ```markdown
-  pear
-  :   green or yellow bulbous fruit
-
-  watermelon
-  :   green fruit with red flesh
-  ```
-
-  which renders as
-
-  > pear
-  > :   green or yellow bulbous fruit
-  >
-  > watermelon
-  > :   green fruit with red flesh
+This section has been moved to [doc/README.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/doc/README.md).