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