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nixpkgs: Rewrite overlays option docs

henrik-ch was also here :)

Backport of Nixpkgs commit 11406bdc0e5af9b3c8a8d597da23349238c65277.

Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <silvan.mosberger@tweag.io>
Co-Authored-By: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
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Emily 2025-02-03 19:31:14 +00:00
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''; '';
type = types.listOf overlayType; type = types.listOf overlayType;
description = '' description = ''
List of overlays to use with the Nix Packages collection. List of overlays to apply to Nixpkgs.
(For details, see the Nixpkgs documentation.) It allows This option allows modifying the Nixpkgs package set accessed through the `pkgs` module argument.
you to override packages globally. Each function in the list
takes as an argument the *original* Nixpkgs.
The first argument should be used for finding dependencies, and
the second should be used for overriding recipes.
If `nixpkgs.pkgs` is set, overlays specified here For details, see the [Overlays chapter in the Nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-overlays).
will be applied after the overlays that were already present
in `nixpkgs.pkgs`. If the {option}`nixpkgs.pkgs` option is set, overlays specified using `nixpkgs.overlays` will be applied after the overlays that were already included in `nixpkgs.pkgs`.
''; '';
}; };