Obtaining Nix Source Code

doc/manual/source/installation/obtaining-source.md

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# Obtaining the Source

The most recent sources of Nix can be obtained from its [Git
repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nix). For example, the following
command will check out the latest revision into a directory called
`nix`:

```console
$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix
```

Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the
[tags](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tags) of the repository.

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Title: Obtaining Nix Source Code

Summary

This section describes how to obtain the Nix source code from its Git repository on GitHub. Users can clone the latest revision using `git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix`, and specific releases are available through the repository's tags.