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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> | ||
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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> | ||
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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]] | ||
* [[Nixpkgs/Update Scripts]] - automatic updating of packages | |||
[[ | [[Category:Tutorial]] | ||
[[:Category: | [[Category:Nixpkgs]] | ||
[[Category:Contributing]] | |||