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GitArchiveInputScheme now streams tarballs into a Git repository. This deduplicates data a lot, e.g. when you're fetching different revisions of the Nixpkgs repo. It also warns if the tree hash returned by GitHub doesn't match the tree hash of the imported tarball.
Nix
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 and first steps
Visit nix.dev for installation instructions and beginner tutorials.
Full reference documentation can be found in the Nix manual.
Building And Developing
See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to set up a development environment and build Nix from source.
Contributing
Check the contributing guide if you want to get involved with developing Nix.
Additional Resources
License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.