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+# Release 2.13 (2023-01-17)
+
+* The `repeat` and `enforce-determinism` options have been removed
+  since they had been broken under many circumstances for a long time.
+
+* You can now use [flake references] in the [old command line interface], e.g.
+
+   [flake references]: ../command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md#flake-references
+   [old command line interface]: ../command-ref/main-commands.md
+
+  ```shell-session
+  # nix-build flake:nixpkgs -A hello
+  # nix-build -I nixpkgs=flake:github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05 \
+      '<nixpkgs>' -A hello
+  # NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=flake:nixpkgs nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A hello
+  ```
+
+* Instead of "antiquotation", the more common term [string interpolation](../language/string-interpolation.md) is now used consistently.
+  Historical release notes were not changed.
+
+* Error traces have been reworked to provide detailed explanations and more
+  accurate error locations. A short excerpt of the trace is now shown by
+  default when an error occurs.
+
+* Allow explicitly selecting outputs in a store derivation installable, just like we can do with other sorts of installables.
+  For example,
+  ```shell-session
+  # nix-build /nix/store/gzaflydcr6sb3567hap9q6srzx8ggdgg-glibc-2.33-78.drv^dev`
+  ```
+  now works just as
+  ```shell-session
+  # nix-build glibc^dev`
+  ```
+  does already.
+
+* On Linux, `nix develop` now sets the
+  [*personality*](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/personality.2.html)
+  for the development shell in the same way as the actual build of the
+  derivation. This makes shells for `i686-linux` derivations work
+  correctly on `x86_64-linux`.