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Topics (advanced)

This part of the guide provides pages dedicated to specific topics.

Stack root

: The Stack root is a directory where Stack stores important information

Stack work directories

: Stack work directories are directories within a local project or package directory in which Stack stores files created during the build process.

Snapshot location

: How to specify the location of snapshots.

Package location

: How to specify the location of packages.

Snapshot specification

: How to specify the contents of a snapshot.

stack.yaml vs a Cabal file

: The difference between Stack's project-level configuration file and a Cabal file describing a Haskell package.

Script interpreter

: How to use Stack's script interpreter.

Docker integration

: Stack has support for automatically performing builds inside a Docker container.

Nix integration

: Stack can be configured to integrate with Nix, a purely functional package manager.

Non-standard project initialization

: You may need to configure Stack to work with an existing project that has one or more Cabal files but no Stack project-level configuration file.

Debugging

: Advice on debugging using Stack.

Editor integration

: Advice on intergrating Stack with code editors.

Stack and Visual Studio Code

: Advice on using Stack with Visual Studio Code and its Haskell extension.

Developing on Windows

: Advice on using Stack on Windows.

Shell auto-completion

: Adding support for the tab completion of standard Stack arguments to the shell programs Bash, Zsh (the Z shell) and fish.

CI

: Advice on using Stack with CI.

Travis CI

: Advice on using Stack on Travis CI.

Azure CI

: Advice on using Stack on Azure CI.

Lock files

: The contents of Stack's lock files, how they are used, and how they are created and updated.

Haskell and C code

: Advice on using Stack with Haskell packages that include C source code, including those with a C main function.