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Merge branch 'update-nix_path-url' of https://github.com/kini/nix

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@ -28,17 +28,21 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
consist of a single top-level directory. For example, setting
`NIX_PATH` to
nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-15.09.tar.gz
nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz
tells Nix to download the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS 15.09
channel.
tells Nix to download and use the current contents of the
`master` branch in the `nixpkgs` repository.
A following shorthand can be used to refer to the official channels:
The URLs of the tarballs from the official nixos.org channels (see
[the manual for `nix-channel`](nix-channel.md)) can be abbreviated
as `channel:<channel-name>`. For instance, the following two
values of `NIX_PATH` are equivalent:
nixpkgs=channel:nixos-15.09
nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05
nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xz
The search path can be extended using the `-I` option, which takes
precedence over `NIX_PATH`.
The Nix search path can also be extended using the `-I` option to
many Nix commands, which takes precedence over `NIX_PATH`.
- `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`\
Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not