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authorRobert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net>2020-06-25 00:10:08 +0200
committerRobert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net>2020-06-25 00:10:08 +0200
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@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ This project is under development. I personally use it to manage
several user configurations but it may fail catastrophically for you.
So beware!
+Before using Home Manager you should be comfortable using the Nix
+language and the various tools in the Nix ecosystem. Reading through
+the [Nix Pills][] document is a good way to familiarize yourself with
+them.
+
In some cases Home Manager cannot detect whether it will overwrite a
previous manual configuration. For example, the Gnome Terminal module
will write to your dconf store and cannot tell whether a configuration
@@ -324,3 +329,4 @@ an issue.
[freenode]: https://freenode.net/
[channel logs]: https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/home-manager/
[samueldr]: https://github.com/samueldr/
+[Nix Pills]: https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/