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+title: First pull request submitted to nixpkgs
+date: 2025-03-31
+permalink: daily/2025/03/31/nixpkgs
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - nix
+  - linux
+  - nixos
+  - open-source
+cta: ~
+snippet: |
+  I submitted my first pull request to nixpkgs.
+---
+
+I've been using the Nix package manager for some time.
+
+The first commit of a flake.nix file to my [nixos-config repository][0] (formerly my dotfiles repository) was on the 26th of September 2022.
+
+The following month, I started to experiment with NixOS - the operating system built on the Nix language and the package manager.
+
+Rarely have I found a package missing within the 120,000+ available, but I have added some missing Vim plugins and some custom packages to my own configuration.
+
+But I hadn't tried to contribute any package definitions back to nixpkgs until today.
+
+I've submitted [my first pull request to nixpkgs][1] to add a small script that I've added to my own configuration.
+
+It's always nerve-racking contributing to a new projects, but let's see how it goes.
+
+I'm thinking of it as [a free code review][2].
+
+If it goes well, I can see me contributing more packages in the future.
+
+[0]: https://code.oliverdavies.uk/opdavies/nixos-config
+[1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/395028
+[2]: {{site.url}}/daily/2024/05/14/free-code-reviews