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Update a sha256/Hash

$ nix store prefetch-file <url>

build a derivation

  1. get default.nix from nixpkgs master-repo
  2. run the command below
NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; callPackage ./default.nix { }'

update maintainers

find githubId: https://api.github.com/users/yourusername

lint before submitting a package

$ nix-shell -p nixpkgs-lint --run nixpkgs-lint <yourpkg.nix>
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