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Jade Lovelace 50c6feeb77 Add release notes system for dev facing release notes
We keep changing dev stuff and we probably should keep the news up to
date?

Change-Id: I819da6a29f1c56c8ab8d758c159a9c96164cb04e
2024-03-27 03:52:57 +00:00
.github issue template: use nix --version instead of nix-env --version 2024-03-25 12:59:30 -06:00
clang-tidy clang-tidy check infrastructure 2024-03-18 16:10:29 -07:00
config Run autoupdate 2021-06-01 11:42:38 +02:00
contrib function-trace: always show the trace 2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
doc build: replace changelog-d with local script 2024-03-27 03:09:14 +00:00
m4 Merge pull request #6258 from obsidiansystems/gcc-bug-ergonomics 2024-03-04 05:24:33 +01:00
maintainers build: replace changelog-d with local script 2024-03-27 03:09:14 +00:00
meson build: optionally build and install with meson 2024-03-22 08:36:50 -06:00
misc build: replace changelog-d with local script 2024-03-27 03:09:14 +00:00
mk Merge "Backport PR#10204 by 9999years: Replace foo with __NIX_STR in cxx-big-literal" into main 2024-03-14 00:07:21 -06:00
perl Merge pull request #9152 from obsidiansystems/split-out-perl-nix 2024-03-04 04:37:44 +01:00
scripts Restore system-install profile files from the previous installer 2024-03-25 04:17:14 +00:00
src libstore/filetransfer: use Lix UA and unnix error message 2024-03-26 16:06:27 +00:00
tests Merge "meson: implement unit tests" into main 2024-03-26 20:06:09 +00:00
.clang-format Add clang format configuration 2024-03-18 13:31:39 -07:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix 2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
.editorconfig Add .editorconfig 2017-06-05 22:57:28 +01:00
.envrc envrc: improve 2024-03-26 19:40:43 +03:00
.gitignore envrc: improve 2024-03-26 19:40:43 +03:00
.version Update version to 2.90.0 2024-03-07 19:57:39 -07:00
boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff Merge pull request #8887 from obsidiansystems/bsd-cross-ci 2024-03-04 04:36:04 +01:00
boehmgc-traceable_allocator-public.diff Merge pull request #9430 from hercules-ci/remove-vlas 2024-03-04 07:11:25 +01:00
configure.ac Merge pull request #9844 from NixOS/pkg-config-gmock 2024-03-04 08:47:39 +01:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Put functional tests in tests/functional 2023-12-01 12:06:43 -05:00
COPYING * Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy. 2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
default.nix add flake-compat to flake.nix and use sha256 in default.nix 2023-03-06 21:11:24 +01:00
docker.nix fix "add an option to include flake-registry..." 2023-05-16 14:35:31 +02:00
flake.lock flake.nix: upgrade to nixos-23.11 2024-03-08 23:59:01 +00:00
flake.nix Add release notes system for dev facing release notes 2024-03-27 03:52:57 +00:00
local.mk Merge pull request #9106 from Ericson2314/positive-source-filtering 2024-03-04 04:36:42 +01:00
Makefile un-ups your start 2024-03-18 18:28:08 -07:00
Makefile.config.in Merge pull request #9106 from Ericson2314/positive-source-filtering 2024-03-04 04:36:42 +01:00
meson.build meson: implement unit tests 2024-03-26 00:43:33 +01:00
meson.options meson: implement unit tests 2024-03-26 00:43:33 +01:00
package.nix build: replace changelog-d with local script 2024-03-27 03:09:14 +00:00
precompiled-headers.h Config: Use nlohmann/json 2020-08-20 11:02:16 +02:00
README.md Improve hacking.md 2023-02-13 12:00:00 +04:00
shell.nix Remove url literals 2022-01-24 13:28:21 +01:00

Nix

Open Collective supporters Test

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to to set up a development environment and build Nix from source.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.