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Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/) package
manager. It is periodically built and tested by the [Hydra](https://hydra.nixos.org/)
build daemon as so-called channels. To get channel information via git, add
[nixpkgs-channels](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git) as a remote:
```
% git remote add channels https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
```
For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain
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custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. `nixos-18.09` for the latest
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release and `nixos-unstable` for the latest successful build of master:
```
% git remote update channels
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% git rebase channels/nixos-18.09
```
For pull-requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs `master`.
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[NixOS](https://nixos.org/nixos/) Linux distribution source code is located inside
`nixos/` folder.
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* [NixOS installation instructions](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#ch-installation)
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* [Documentation (Nix Expression Language chapter)](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ch-expression-language)
* [Manual (How to write packages for Nix)](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/)
* [Manual (NixOS)](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/)
* [Community maintained wiki](https://nixos.wiki/)
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* [Continuous package builds for unstable/master](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/trunk-combined)
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* [Continuous package builds for 18.09 release](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/release-18.09)
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* [Tests for unstable/master](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/tested#tabs-constituents)
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* [Tests for 18.09 release](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/release-18.09/tested#tabs-constituents)
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Communication:
* [Discourse Forum](https://discourse.nixos.org/)
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* [IRC - #nixos on freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos)