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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md index 6170057442d..d9c316f4b13 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ directory. ## Interactive-only test configuration {#sec-nixos-test-interactive-configuration} -You can add configuration that is specific to the interactive test driver, by adding to the `interactive` option. -`interactive` is a copy of the regular test options namespace, and is used by the interactive test driver. -It can be helpful for troubleshooting changes that you don't want to apply to regular test runs. +The `.driverInteractive` attribute combines the regular test configuration with +definitions from the [`interactive` submodule](#opt-interactive). This gives you +a more usable, graphical, but slightly different configuration. + +You can add your own interactive-only test configuration by adding extra +configuration to the [`interactive` submodule](#opt-interactive). + +To interactively run only the regular configuration, build the `<test>.driver` attribute +instead, and call it with the flag `result/bin/nixos-test-driver --interactive`. |