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<para>By default, NixOS’s <command>nixos-rebuild</command> command
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uses the NixOS and Nixpkgs sources provided by the
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<literal>nixos-unstable</literal> channel (kept in
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<literal>nixos</literal> channel (kept in
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<filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos</filename>).
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To modify NixOS, however, you should check out the latest sources from
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Git. This is as follows:
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$ nixos-version
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17.09pre104379.6e0b727 (Hummingbird)
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$ git checkout -b local e3938c8
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$ git checkout -b local 6e0b727
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</screen>
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Or, to base your local branch on the latest version available in a
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You may want to delete the symlink
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<filename>~/.nix-defexpr/channels_root</filename> to prevent root’s
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NixOS channel from clashing with your own tree.</para>
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NixOS channel from clashing with your own tree (this may break the
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command-not-found utility though). If you want to go back to the default
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state, you may just remove the <filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>
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directory completely, log out and log in again and it should have been
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recreated with a link to the root channels.</para>
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<!-- FIXME: not sure what this means.
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<para>You should not pass the base directory