Add Nix32 encoding documentation#15004
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Document the Nix32 base-32 variant used for store path digests and hash output. The new page covers: - The 32-character alphabet (omitting e, o, u, t) - Byte order differences from base-16 encoding Also update references throughout the manual to link to the new page.
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Document the Nix32 base-32 variant used for store path digests and hash output. The new page covers:
Also update references throughout the manual to link to the new page.
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