[Nix-dev] Best way to install nix packages from github repo

[Daniel Hlynskyi]

All approaches listed here share common pitfall - you have to download not
only latest Nixpkgs tarball, but whole new stdenv and co to use that 1
package.

But often cherry-picking that new package and deps to local Nixpkgs is the
only thing required, without all of that updated stdenv.

I see replaceRuntimeDependencies and nbp's approache for quickfix packages
as a step toward nice solution to this problem. But haven't used them yet.
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