diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 80d6f128c..9b1d1c773 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,36 +1,11 @@ -# Nix +# Nix Super -[![Open Collective supporters](https://opencollective.com/nixos/tiers/supporter/badge.svg?label=Supporters&color=brightgreen)](https://opencollective.com/nixos) -[![Test](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/workflows/Test/badge.svg)](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/actions) +## It's [Nix](https://nixos.org), but super! -Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package -management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual) -for more details. +This is an upstream-tracking fork of Nix that includes various patches, some controversial in nature and not fit for Nix upstream. -## Installation - -On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command -(as a user other than root): - -```console -$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh -``` - -Information on additional installation methods is available on the [Nix download page](https://nixos.org/download.html). - -## Building And Developing - -See our [Hacking guide](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/build.x86_64-linux/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual/contributing/hacking.html) in our manual for instruction on how to -build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment. - -## Additional Resources - -- [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual) -- [Nix jobsets on hydra.nixos.org](https://hydra.nixos.org/project/nix) -- [NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/) -- [Matrix - #nix:nixos.org](https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org) -- [IRC - #nixos on libera.chat](irc://irc.libera.chat/#nixos) - -## License - -Nix is released under the [LGPL v2.1](./COPYING). +Some of the patches included are: +- nix-flake-default from [nix-dram](https://github.com/dramforever/nix-dram) +- enable-all-experimental from the old [nixExperimental](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/120141) +- Full thunk evaluation in flake inputs +- Some UI improvements