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* 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 CLI, e.g.
+
+ ```
+ # 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
+ ```