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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Flakes introduce a policy for managing dependencies between Nix expressions. It improves reproducibility, composability and usability in the Nix ecosystem. Although it's still an experimental feature, flakes have been widely used by the Nix community. | |||
Technically, a [https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.html#description flake] is a file system tree that contains a Nix file named <code>flake.nix</code> in its root directory. | Technically, a [https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.html#description flake] is a file system tree that contains a Nix file named <code>flake.nix</code> in its root directory. | ||