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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0db0b313224..e98923e267d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ will write to your dconf store and cannot tell whether a configuration that it is about to be overwrite was from a previous Home Manager generation or from manual configuration. -Home Manager targets [NixOS][] version 17.03 (the current stable -version), it may or may not work on other Linux distributions and -NixOS versions. +Home Manager targets [NixOS][] unstable and NixOS version 17.03 (the +current stable version), it may or may not work on other Linux +distributions and NixOS versions. Also, the `home-manager` tool does not explicitly support rollbacks at the moment so if your home directory gets messed up you'll have to fix @@ -50,9 +50,18 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: directory: ``` - $ git clone https://github.com/rycee/home-manager ~/.config/nixpkgs/home-manager + $ git clone -b master https://github.com/rycee/home-manager ~/.config/nixpkgs/home-manager ``` + or + + ``` + $ git clone -b release-17.03 https://github.com/rycee/home-manager ~/.config/nixpkgs/home-manager + ``` + + depending on whether you are tracking Nixpkgs unstable or version + 17.03. + 3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by adding it to the `packageOverrides` section in your `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix` file: |