Abbreviate flakerefs in error messages #14424
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In particular, this gets rid of the `narHash` query parameter and
shortens the Git revision in GitHub flakerefs. So instead of
… from call site
at «github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3bea86e918d8b54aa49780505d2d4cd9261413be?narHash=sha256-Ica%2B%2BSXFuLyxX9Q7YxhfZulUif6/gwM8AEQYlUxqSgE%3D»/lib/customisation.nix:69:16:
68| let
69| result = f origArgs;
| ^
70|
we get
… from call site
at «github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3bea86e»/lib/customisation.nix:69:16:
68| let
69| result = f origArgs;
| ^
70|
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| ParsedURL Input::toURL(bool abbreviate) const | ||
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Generally I don't think that we should mix in business logic with debug prints. toURL is very load bearing and I think we could move this into a separate method that individual input types could override.
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In particular, this gets rid of the
narHashquery parameter and shortens the Git revision in GitHub flakerefs. So instead ofwe get
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