--indirect and --add-root are not documented in the nix-shell manpage

[velovix]

I see commands like this nix-shell --indirect --add-root gcroots/dep used to make Nix shells not be garbage collected, but neither options are described in the nix-shell manpage so I'm not sure where to get information on what they do. If someone has a resource explaining these options, I would be glad to submit a PR.

[Ericson2314]

--indirect at least was also removed from nix-build (#1913). I feel like it's existence with these commands may have always been unintentional.

[Shados]

@velovix the nix-store manpage explains the use of the options, although they're only documented for nix-store and nix-instantiate (which points to the former)...

[velovix]

Would it be a good idea to do like nix-instantiate does and simply reference the nix-store documentation for these flags?

[stale]

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