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docs: update session-vars info about fish shell

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The docs implied that fish was not really supported, but if fish is
managed by Home Manager, the generated config does use fenv to source
the session-vars file. Update the installation instructions and FAQ to
mention that fish does work, and mention fenv in the README.
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@ -107,9 +107,8 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows:
$HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
```
file in your shell configuration. Unfortunately, in this specific
case we currently only support POSIX.2-like shells such as
[Bash][] or [Z shell][].
file in your shell configuration. This file can be sourced
directly by POSIX.2-like shells such as [Bash][] or [Z shell][].
For example, if you use Bash then add
@ -124,7 +123,9 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows:
. "/etc/profiles/per-user/$USER/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh"
```
to your `~/.profile` file.
to your `~/.profile` file. For fish shell, it is possible to use
[foreign-env](https://github.com/oh-my-fish/plugin-foreign-env) to
source the file.
If instead of using channels you want to run Home Manager from a Git
checkout of the repository then you can use the