Update a package - Revision history

Pandapip1: Update clone instructions to save disk space and avoid shallow clone

2026-02-23T19:32:04Z

Update clone instructions to save disk space and avoid shallow clone

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:32, 23 February 2026
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	cd ~/devel/		cd ~/devel/
	git clone https://github.com/your_username/nixpkgs.git \		git clone https://github.com/your_username/nixpkgs.git \
	--~~depth~~=1 # Prevents ~~cloning~~ the entire history, which ~~is multiple gigabytes~~		--filter=blob:none # Prevents downloading the entire history, which saves a couple Gb
	cd nixpkgs/		cd nixpkgs/
	git remote add upstream https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git</syntaxhighlight>		git remote add upstream https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
			git gc --aggressive # nixpkgs is a large repository; this brings down the disk usage by another Gb or so</syntaxhighlight>
	* When the clone is not recent or you suspect there have been changes upstream (in official nixpkgs):		* When the clone is not recent or you suspect there have been changes upstream (in official nixpkgs):
	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

2025-05-18T18:13:32Z

Fix category formatting

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:13, 18 May 2025
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	* [[Nixpkgs/Update Scripts]] - automatic updating of packages		* [[Nixpkgs/Update Scripts]] - automatic updating of packages

	[[:Category:Tutorial]]		[[Category:Tutorial]]
	[[:Category:Nixpkgs]]		[[Category:Nixpkgs]]
	[[:Category:Contributing]]		[[Category:Contributing]]

2024-11-03T10:53:01Z

Note for newer packages under /by-name

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:53, 3 November 2024
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	== Following the white rabbit ==		== Following the white rabbit ==

			* This section does not apply for packages in the directory pkgs/by-name. For them, see the included [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/by-name/README.md pkgs/by-name/README.md].
	* I will center this tutorial on the nix expression that packages the [http://i3wm.org/ i3 window manager], as this expression is quite simple and it was contributing to this expression that I got to understand this whole workflow I am documenting.		* I will center this tutorial on the nix expression that packages the [http://i3wm.org/ i3 window manager], as this expression is quite simple and it was contributing to this expression that I got to understand this whole workflow I am documenting.
	* In <tt>~/devel/nixpkgs/default.nix</tt> there is an ''import'' statement that reads <tt>import ./pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</tt>		* In <tt>~/devel/nixpkgs/default.nix</tt> there is an ''import'' statement that reads <tt>import ./pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</tt>

2024-10-05T21:49:36Z

add link to update scripts

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:49, 5 October 2024
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	* [[Generic Algorithm on Doing Packaging]]		* [[Generic Algorithm on Doing Packaging]]
	* [[Contributing#Contributing to the documentation\|Contributing to Nix documentation]]		* [[Contributing#Contributing to the documentation\|Contributing to Nix documentation]]
			* [[Nixpkgs/Update Scripts]] - automatic updating of packages

	[[:Category:Tutorial]]		[[:Category:Tutorial]]
	[[:Category:Nixpkgs]]		[[:Category:Nixpkgs]]
	[[:Category:Contributing]]		[[:Category:Contributing]]

2024-09-02T19:25:31Z

See also: changed link to contributing page

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:25, 2 September 2024
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	* [[Create and debug nix packages]]		* [[Create and debug nix packages]]
	* [[Generic Algorithm on Doing Packaging]]		* [[Generic Algorithm on Doing Packaging]]
	* [[Contributing to Nix documentation]]		* [[Contributing#Contributing to the documentation\|Contributing to Nix documentation]]

	[[:Category:Tutorial]]		[[:Category:Tutorial]]
	[[:Category:Nixpkgs]]		[[:Category:Nixpkgs]]
	[[:Category:Contributing]]		[[:Category:Contributing]]

2023-04-24T02:38:45Z

Add category

2023-01-02T21:31:23Z

Add --depth flag to clone instruction

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:31, 2 January 2023
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	mkdir ~/devel/		mkdir ~/devel/
	cd ~/devel/		cd ~/devel/
	git clone https://github.com/your_username/nixpkgs.git		git clone https://github.com/your_username/nixpkgs.git \
			--depth=1 # Prevents cloning the entire history, which is multiple gigabytes
	cd nixpkgs/		cd nixpkgs/
	git remote add upstream https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git</syntaxhighlight>		git remote add upstream https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git</syntaxhighlight>

2022-08-04T08:04:26Z

Fricklerhandwerk moved page Nixpkgs/Update a package to Update a package: Nixpkgs is now a category, no need to prefix the title

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:04, 4 August 2022
(No difference)

2022-08-04T08:03:49Z

add category: Nixpkgs

2022-07-05T13:45:19Z

Simply the stat command by removing the associated pipe

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:45, 5 July 2022
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	* When the build succeeds, <tt>nix-build</tt> will leave the result linked as <tt>./result</tt> on the current working directory:		* When the build succeeds, <tt>nix-build</tt> will leave the result linked as <tt>./result</tt> on the current working directory:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="console">		<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
	$ stat ./result ~~\| head -n 1~~		$ stat -c %N ./result
	File: "./result" -> "/nix/store/agld76p9rgvn3j610z8kgppz67f8kmg7-i3-4.5.1"		File: "./result" -> "/nix/store/agld76p9rgvn3j610z8kgppz67f8kmg7-i3-4.5.1"
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>