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Create a github archive link for the current version of nixpkgs
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nix-github-url
#!/bin/sh
# Get the current version, and then use tr to remove double-quotes.
version=$(nix-instantiate --eval --attr 'lib.version' '<nixpkgs>' | tr -d '"')
# The version is in the form YY.MM.NUM.HASH. We just want the 4th field.
commit_hash=$(echo ${version} | cut -d '.' -f4)
echo "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/${commit_hash}.tar.gz"
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