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Merge pull request #260022 from samueltardieu/by-name-instructions
by-name: make the way of adding packages clearer
authored by Silvan Mosberger and committed by GitHub 173a07ff a5fb3c88
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The structure of this directory maps almost directly to top-level package attributes.
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This is the recommended way to add new top-level packages to Nixpkgs [when possible](#limitations).
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## Example
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The top-level package `pkgs.some-package` may be declared by setting up this file structure:
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The structure of this directory maps almost directly to top-level package attributes.
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This is the recommended way to add new top-level packages to Nixpkgs [when possible](#limitations).
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Packages found in the named-based structure do not need to be explicitly added to the
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`top-level/all-packages.nix` file unless they require overriding the default value
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of an implicit attribute (see below).
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## Example
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The top-level package `pkgs.some-package` may be declared by setting up this file structure: