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== Management of the <code>nixpkgs</code> git repository ==
== Management of the <code>nixpkgs</code> git repository ==


<code>nixpkgs</code> has become a git repository of quite substantial size with > 889 000 commits (as of late 2025). This brings many unoptimized tools to their limits, leading to long waiting times on certain operations. Here we’ll collect useful info on how to manage that.
<code>nixpkgs</code> has become a git repository of quite substantial size with > 1M commits (as of 2026). This brings many unoptimized tools to their limits, leading to long waiting times on certain operations. Here we’ll collect useful info on how to manage that.


=== Garbage collecting ===
=== Garbage collecting ===