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diff --git a/third_party/nix/doc/manual/installation/obtaining-source.xml b/third_party/nix/doc/manual/installation/obtaining-source.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..968822cc06 --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/nix/doc/manual/installation/obtaining-source.xml @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + version="5.0" + xml:id="sec-obtaining-source"> + +<title>Obtaining a Source Distribution</title> + +<para>The source tarball of the most recent stable release can be +downloaded from the <link +xlink:href="http://nixos.org/nix/download.html">Nix homepage</link>. +You can also grab the <link +xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/release/latest-finished#tabs-constituents">most +recent development release</link>.</para> + +<para>Alternatively, the most recent sources of Nix can be obtained +from its <link +xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix">Git +repository</link>. For example, the following command will check out +the latest revision into a directory called +<filename>nix</filename>:</para> + +<screen> +$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix</screen> + +<para>Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the <link +xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tags">tags</link> of the +repository.</para> + +</section> \ No newline at end of file |