Nix/doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/channels.md
Valentin Gagarin f8620758aa display documentation on manifest files separately
it's probably better not to show the manifest file documentation in the
command-specific pages, because these are implementation details that are not really practically useful.

this means no additional hassle for building the manual, but clutters
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Channels

A directory containing symlinks to Nix channels, managed by nix-channel:

  • $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/channels for regular users
  • $NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels for root

nix-channel uses a profile to store channels. This profile contains symlinks to the contents of those channels.

Subscribed channels

The list of subscribed channels is stored in

in the following format:

<url> <name>
...