[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18897 - MarcWeber - in nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools: . git

[Marc Weber]

Excerpts from Eelco Dolstra's message of Sat Dec 12 18:29:40 +0100 2009:
> Hi,
> 
> Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> 
> >> Log:
> >> git: allow applying patches by config
> ...
> > FWIW I find it very specific and mostly useless, based on the assumption
> > that:
> ...
> 
> I agree.  If users really want specific customisations on top of the Git
> expression in Nixpkgs, they can just write something like
> 
>   packageOverrides = pkgs: {
> 
>     git = overrideDerivation git (attrs: {
>       patches = [ bla bla ];
>     });
> 
>   };

Sorry, I've missed overrideDerivation. I didn't know about it.
Let me read about it.

Marc Weber