As proposed in [RFC 132](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/132), Nix's build system now uses Meson/Ninja. The old Make-based build system has been removed.
- Evaluation caching now works for dirty Git workdirs [#11992](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/11992)
# Contributors
This release was made possible by the following 45 contributors:
- Anatoli Babenia [**(@abitrolly)**](https://github.com/abitrolly)
- Domagoj Mišković [**(@allrealmsoflife)**](https://github.com/allrealmsoflife)
- Yaroslav Bolyukin [**(@CertainLach)**](https://github.com/CertainLach)
- bryango [**(@bryango)**](https://github.com/bryango)
- tomberek [**(@tomberek)**](https://github.com/tomberek)
- Matej Urbas [**(@mupdt)**](https://github.com/mupdt)
- elikoga [**(@elikoga)**](https://github.com/elikoga)
- wh0 [**(@wh0)**](https://github.com/wh0)
- Félix [**(@picnoir)**](https://github.com/picnoir)
- Valentin Gagarin [**(@fricklerhandwerk)**](https://github.com/fricklerhandwerk)
- Gavin John [**(@Pandapip1)**](https://github.com/Pandapip1)
- Travis A. Everett [**(@abathur)**](https://github.com/abathur)
- Vladimir Panteleev [**(@CyberShadow)**](https://github.com/CyberShadow)
- Ilja [**(@suruaku)**](https://github.com/suruaku)
- Jason Yundt [**(@Jayman2000)**](https://github.com/Jayman2000)
- Mike Kusold [**(@kusold)**](https://github.com/kusold)
- Andy Hamon [**(@andrewhamon)**](https://github.com/andrewhamon)
- Brian McKenna [**(@puffnfresh)**](https://github.com/puffnfresh)
- Greg Curtis [**(@gcurtis)**](https://github.com/gcurtis)
- Andrew Poelstra [**(@apoelstra)**](https://github.com/apoelstra)
- Linus Heckemann [**(@lheckemann)**](https://github.com/lheckemann)
- Tristan Ross [**(@RossComputerGuy)**](https://github.com/RossComputerGuy)
- Dominique Martinet [**(@martinetd)**](https://github.com/martinetd)
- h0nIg [**(@h0nIg)**](https://github.com/h0nIg)
- Eelco Dolstra [**(@edolstra)**](https://github.com/edolstra)
- Shahar "Dawn" Or [**(@mightyiam)**](https://github.com/mightyiam)
- NAHO [**(@trueNAHO)**](https://github.com/trueNAHO)
- Ryan Hendrickson [**(@rhendric)**](https://github.com/rhendric)
- the-sun-will-rise-tomorrow [**(@the-sun-will-rise-tomorrow)**](https://github.com/the-sun-will-rise-tomorrow)
- Connor Baker [**(@ConnorBaker)**](https://github.com/ConnorBaker)
- Cole Helbling [**(@cole-h)**](https://github.com/cole-h)
- Jack Wilsdon [**(@jackwilsdon)**](https://github.com/jackwilsdon)
- rekcäH nitraM [**(@dwt)**](https://github.com/dwt)
- Martin Fischer [**(@not-my-profile)**](https://github.com/not-my-profile)
- John Ericson [**(@Ericson2314)**](https://github.com/Ericson2314)
- Graham Christensen [**(@grahamc)**](https://github.com/grahamc)
- Sergei Zimmerman [**(@xokdvium)**](https://github.com/xokdvium)
- Siddarth Kumar [**(@siddarthkay)**](https://github.com/siddarthkay)
- Sergei Trofimovich [**(@trofi)**](https://github.com/trofi)
- Robert Hensing [**(@roberth)**](https://github.com/roberth)
- Mutsuha Asada [**(@momeemt)**](https://github.com/momeemt)
- Parker Jones [**(@knotapun)**](https://github.com/knotapun)
- Jörg Thalheim [**(@Mic92)**](https://github.com/Mic92)
- dbdr [**(@dbdr)**](https://github.com/dbdr)
- myclevorname [**(@myclevorname)**](https://github.com/myclevorname)
- Philipp Otterbein