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There is a chapter about hacking packages and modules in the NixOS manual: [http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#ch-development development]
There is a chapter about hacking packages and modules in the NixOS manual: [http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#ch-development development]


Writing packages is covered in [https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-quick-start quick start] and writing modules is covered in the [http://nixos.org/nixos/manual manual]
Writing packages is covered in [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/README.md nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/README.md] and writing modules is covered in the [http://nixos.org/nixos/manual manual]


If you've read the manual and still don't know how to go about creating a package, read on.
If you've read the manual and still don't know how to go about creating a package, read on.
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# Fork the repo (e.g. click the fork button on https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs).
# Fork the repo (e.g. click the fork button on https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs).
# Clone your fork <code><nowiki>git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/YOURNAME/nixpkgs.git</nowiki></code>
# Clone your fork <code>git clone --filter=blob:none <nowiki>https://github.com/YOURNAME/nixpkgs.git</nowiki></code>
# Hack hack hack
# Hack hack hack
# Push your changes to your fork
# Push your changes to your fork