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Addresses #17218 in a better way in that it doesn't create a ".git-revision" file on every nixos-rebuild, because we already have ".git" available. Even if we don't nixos-rebuild can't create the "git-revision" file. Tested via: nix-build -E '(import ./nixos/tests/make-test.nix { name = "foo"; machine = {}; testScript = "startAll; $machine->execute(\"nixos-version >&2\");"; })' Closes: #17610 Acked-by: @bennofs
Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the Nix package manager. It is periodically built and tested by the hydra build daemon as so-called channels. To get channel information via git, add nixpkgs-channels as a remote:
% git remote add channels git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain
custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. nixos-16.03 for the latest
release and nixos-unstable for the latest successful build of master:
% git remote update channels
% git rebase channels/nixos-16.03
For pull-requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs master.
NixOS linux distribution source code is located inside
nixos/ folder.
- NixOS installation instructions
- Documentation (Nix Expression Language chapter)
- Manual (How to write packages for Nix)
- Manual (NixOS)
- Nix Wiki (deprecated, see milestone "Move the Wiki!")
- Continuous package builds for unstable/master
- Continuous package builds for 16.03 release
- Tests for unstable/master
- Tests for 16.03 release
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