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Document cli syntax for environment scopes (#20344)

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Co-authored-by: Adam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com>
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lib/spack/docs/configuration.rst
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@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ are six configuration scopes. From lowest to highest:
If multiple scopes are listed on the command line, they are ordered
from lowest to highest precedence.
#. **environment**: When using Spack :ref:`environments`, Spack reads
additional configuration from the environment file. See
:ref:`environment-configuration` for further details on these
scopes. Environment scopes can be referenced from the command line
as ``env:name`` (to reference environment ``foo``, use
``env:foo``).
#. **command line**: Build settings specified on the command line take
precedence over all other scopes.
@ -192,10 +199,11 @@ with MPICH. You can create different configuration scopes for use with
Platform-specific Scopes
------------------------
For each scope above, there can also be platform-specific settings.
For example, on most platforms, GCC is the preferred compiler.
However, on macOS (darwin), Clang often works for more packages,
and is set as the default compiler. This configuration is set in
For each scope above (excluding environment scopes), there can also be
platform-specific settings. For example, on most platforms, GCC is
the preferred compiler. However, on macOS (darwin), Clang often works
for more packages, and is set as the default compiler. This
configuration is set in
``$(prefix)/etc/spack/defaults/darwin/packages.yaml``. It will take
precedence over settings in the ``defaults`` scope, but can still be
overridden by settings in ``system``, ``system/darwin``, ``site``,

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@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ There are two ways to include configuration information in a Spack Environment:
#. Included in the ``spack.yaml`` file from another file.
Many Spack commands also affect configuration information in files
automatically. Those commands take a ``--scope`` argument, and the
environment can be specified by ``env:NAME`` (to affect environment
``foo``, set ``--scope env:foo``). These commands will automatically
manipulate configuration inline in the ``spack.yaml`` file.
"""""""""""""""""""""
Inline configurations
"""""""""""""""""""""