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diff --git a/doc/builders/special/mkshell.section.md b/doc/builders/special/mkshell.section.md index 1feb75cbd6f..8a62c50e17d 100644 --- a/doc/builders/special/mkshell.section.md +++ b/doc/builders/special/mkshell.section.md @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ # pkgs.mkShell {#sec-pkgs-mkShell} -`pkgs.mkShell` is a special kind of derivation that is only useful when using it combined with `nix-shell`. It will in fact fail to instantiate when invoked with `nix-build`. +`pkgs.mkShell` is a special kind of derivation that is only useful when using +it combined with `nix-shell`. It will in fact fail to instantiate when invoked +with `nix-build`. ## Usage {#sec-pkgs-mkShell-usage} ```nix { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }: pkgs.mkShell { - # this will make all the build inputs from hello and gnutar - # available to the shell environment + # specify which packages to add to the shell environment + packages = [ pkgs.gnumake ]; + # add all the dependencies, of the given packages, to the shell environment inputsFrom = with pkgs; [ hello gnutar ]; - buildInputs = [ pkgs.gnumake ]; } ``` |