docs: use a single nix-build for all the generate function docs

3 files changed, 125 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/doc-support/default.nix b/doc/doc-support/default.nix
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index 000000000000..93f6287d4b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/doc-support/default.nix
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+{ pkgs ? (import ../.. {}), nixpkgs ? { }}:
+let
+  locationsXml = import ./lib-function-locations.nix { inherit pkgs nixpkgs; };
+  functionDocs = import ./lib-function-docs.nix { inherit locationsXml pkgs; };
+in pkgs.runCommand "doc-support" {}
+''
+  mkdir result
+  (
+    cd result
+    ln -s ${locationsXml} ./function-locations.xml
+    ln -s ${functionDocs} ./function-docs
+  )
+  mv result $out
+''
diff --git a/doc/doc-support/lib-function-docs.nix b/doc/doc-support/lib-function-docs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5199b949e7b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/doc-support/lib-function-docs.nix
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+# Generates the documentation for library functons via nixdoc. To add
+# another library function file to this list, the include list in the
+# file `doc/functions/library.xml` must also be updated.
+
+{ pkgs ? import ./.. {}, locationsXml }:
+
+with pkgs; stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "nixpkgs-lib-docs";
+  src = ./../../lib;
+
+  buildInputs = [ nixdoc ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    function docgen {
+      nixdoc -c "$1" -d "$2" -f "../lib/$1.nix"  > "$out/$1.xml"
+    }
+
+    mkdir -p $out
+    ln -s ${locationsXml} $out/locations.xml
+
+    docgen strings 'String manipulation functions'
+    docgen trivial 'Miscellaneous functions'
+    docgen lists 'List manipulation functions'
+    docgen debug 'Debugging functions'
+    docgen options 'NixOS / nixpkgs option handling'
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/doc/doc-support/lib-function-locations.nix b/doc/doc-support/lib-function-locations.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae7036e46264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/doc-support/lib-function-locations.nix
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+{ pkgs ? (import ./.. { }), nixpkgs ? { }}:
+let
+  revision = pkgs.lib.trivial.revisionWithDefault (nixpkgs.revision or "master");
+
+  libDefPos = set:
+    builtins.map
+      (name: {
+        name = name;
+        location = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos name set;
+      })
+      (builtins.attrNames set);
+
+  libset = toplib:
+    builtins.map
+      (subsetname: {
+        subsetname = subsetname;
+        functions = libDefPos toplib."${subsetname}";
+      })
+      (builtins.filter
+        (name: builtins.isAttrs toplib."${name}")
+        (builtins.attrNames toplib));
+
+  nixpkgsLib = pkgs.lib;
+
+  flattenedLibSubset = { subsetname, functions }:
+  builtins.map
+    (fn: {
+      name = "lib.${subsetname}.${fn.name}";
+      value = fn.location;
+    })
+    functions;
+
+  locatedlibsets = libs: builtins.map flattenedLibSubset (libset libs);
+  removeFilenamePrefix = prefix: filename:
+    let
+    prefixLen = (builtins.stringLength prefix) + 1; # +1 to remove the leading /
+      filenameLen = builtins.stringLength filename;
+      substr = builtins.substring prefixLen filenameLen filename;
+      in substr;
+
+  removeNixpkgs = removeFilenamePrefix (builtins.toString pkgs.path);
+
+  liblocations =
+    builtins.filter
+      (elem: elem.value != null)
+      (nixpkgsLib.lists.flatten
+        (locatedlibsets nixpkgsLib));
+
+  fnLocationRelative = { name, value }:
+    {
+      inherit name;
+      value = value // { file = removeNixpkgs value.file; };
+    };
+
+  relativeLocs = (builtins.map fnLocationRelative liblocations);
+  sanitizeId = builtins.replaceStrings
+    [ "'"      ]
+    [ "-prime" ];
+
+  urlPrefix = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/${revision}";
+  xmlstrings = (nixpkgsLib.strings.concatMapStrings
+      ({ name, value }:
+      ''
+      <section><title>${name}</title>
+        <para xml:id="${sanitizeId name}">
+        Located at
+        <link
+          xlink:href="${urlPrefix}/${value.file}#L${builtins.toString value.line}">${value.file}:${builtins.toString value.line}</link>
+        in  <literal>&lt;nixpkgs&gt;</literal>.
+        </para>
+        </section>
+      '')
+      relativeLocs);
+
+in pkgs.writeText
+    "locations.xml"
+    ''
+    <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         version="5">
+         <title>All the locations for every lib function</title>
+         <para>This file is only for inclusion by other files.</para>
+         ${xmlstrings}
+    </section>
+    ''