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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/obtaining-source.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/obtaining-source.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0a906e390 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/obtaining-source.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Obtaining a Source Distribution + +The source tarball of the most recent stable release can be downloaded +from the [Nix homepage](http://nixos.org/nix/download.html). You can +also grab the [most recent development +release](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/release/latest-finished#tabs-constituents). + +Alternatively, the most recent sources of Nix can be obtained from its +[Git repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nix). For example, the +following command will check out the latest revision into a directory +called `nix`: + +```console +$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix +``` + +Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the +[tags](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tags) of the repository. |