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Development in NixOS primarily driven by the work in [https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs nixpkgs on GitHub]. This repository contains both all packages available in your NixOS channel and all the options you can use for configuring your system with your <code>configuration.nix</code>. To get your text editor to recognize Nix expressions, consider installing a Nix [[Editor Modes for Nix Files]].

Development in NixOS is primarily driven by the work in [https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs nixpkgs on GitHub]. This repository contains both all packages available in your NixOS channel and all the options you can use for configuring your system with your <code>configuration.nix</code>. To get your text editor to recognize Nix expressions, consider installing a Nix [[Editor Modes for Nix Files]].

== Report issues ==

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== Create pull requests ==

If you want to see your package being provided by a channel, creating an issue will most likely not enough. It is up to you to create a ~~[[Contributing to Nixpkgs|~~nix package description]] in Nixpkgs and create a pull request in the Nixpkgs repository. Pull requests are a way to tell a GitHub project that you've created some changes, which maintainers can easily review, comment on ~~and~~, and finally merge into the repository.

If you want to see your package being provided by a channel, creating an issue will most likely not be enough. It is up to you to create a nix package description in Nixpkgs and create a pull request in the Nixpkgs repository. Pull requests are a way to tell a GitHub project that you've created some changes, which maintainers can easily review, comment on, and finally merge into the repository.

See [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-create-pull-requests How to create pull requests] in nixpkgs CONTRIBUTING.md.

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git checkout master #1

git fetch upstream

git ~~rebase~~ upstream/master

git branch -u upstream/master

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1. make sure you're on the master branch

after the above steps you only have to <code>git pull</code> to update the master branch

[https://stackoverflow.com/a/7244456 source]

[[Category:Community]]

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-Development in NixOS primarily driven by the work in [https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs nixpkgs on GitHub]. This repository contains both all packages available in your NixOS channel and all the options you can use for configuring your system with your <code>configuration.nix</code>. To get your text editor to recognize Nix expressions, consider installing a Nix [[Editor Modes for Nix Files]].
+Development in NixOS is primarily driven by the work in [https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs nixpkgs on GitHub]. This repository contains both all packages available in your NixOS channel and all the options you can use for configuring your system with your <code>configuration.nix</code>. To get your text editor to recognize Nix expressions, consider installing a Nix [[Editor Modes for Nix Files]].
 == Report issues ==
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 == Create pull requests ==
-If you want to see your package being provided by a channel, creating an issue will most likely not enough. It is up to you to create a [[Contributing to Nixpkgs|nix package description]] in Nixpkgs and create a pull request in the Nixpkgs repository. Pull requests are a way to tell a GitHub project that you've created some changes, which maintainers can easily review, comment on and, and finally merge into the repository.
+If you want to see your package being provided by a channel, creating an issue will most likely not be enough. It is up to you to create a nix package description in Nixpkgs and create a pull request in the Nixpkgs repository. Pull requests are a way to tell a GitHub project that you've created some changes, which maintainers can easily review, comment on, and finally merge into the repository.
 See [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-create-pull-requests How to create pull requests] in nixpkgs CONTRIBUTING.md.
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 git checkout master        #1
 git fetch upstream
-git rebase upstream/master
+git branch -u upstream/master
 </syntaxhighlight>
 . make sure you're on the master branch
+after the above steps you only have to <code>git pull</code> to update the master branch
 [https://stackoverflow.com/a/7244456 source]
+[[Category:Community]]