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diff --git a/home-manager/tests/meta/formatting.nix b/home-manager/tests/meta/formatting.nix
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+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  pinnedNixpkgs = builtins.fetchTarball {
+    url =
+      "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/05f0934825c2a0750d4888c4735f9420c906b388.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1g8c2w0661qn89ajp44znmwfmghbbiygvdzq0rzlvlpdiz28v6gy";
+  };
+
+  pinnedPkgs = import pinnedNixpkgs { };
+
+in {
+  config = {
+    nmt.script = ''
+      PATH="${with pinnedPkgs; lib.makeBinPath [ findutils nixfmt ]}:$PATH"
+      cd ${../..}
+      if ! ${pkgs.runtimeShell} format -c; then
+        fail "${''
+        Expected source code to be formatted with nixfmt but it was not.
+        This error can be resolved by running the './format' in the project root directory.''}"
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
+}