diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2025-03-31.md b/source/_daily_emails/2025-03-31.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8ee629739 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2025-03-31.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +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