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Anti pattern: nix-channel command

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Description

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked Nix issue (NixOS/nix#3601) to understand the concern about the nix-channel command. Search the nix.dev documentation for uses of nix-channel and identify which page or example is intended to change. Done means the outdated anti-pattern is addressed consistently in the relevant documentation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cli, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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