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Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the [Nix ](https://nixos.org/nix/ ) package manager. It is periodically build and tested by the [hydra ](http://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 git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
```
For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. `nixos-14.12` for the latest release and `nixos-unstable` for the latest successfully build master:
```
% git remote update channels
% git rebase channels/nixos-14.12
```
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 )
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* [Manual (How to write packages for Nix) ](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ )
* [Manual (NixOS) ](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/ )
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* [Continuous package builds for unstable/master ](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/trunk-combined )
* [Continuous package builds for 14.12 release ](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/release-14.12 )
* [Tests for unstable/master ](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/tested#tabs-constituents )
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* [Tests for 14.12 release ](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/release-14.12/tested#tabs-constituents )
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Communication:
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* [Mailing list ](http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev )
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* [IRC - #nixos on freenode.net ](irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos )
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