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fetchGit: allow fetching explicit refs
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doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
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@ -425,6 +425,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
This is often a branch or tag name. Defaults to
<literal>HEAD</literal>.
</para>
<para>
By default, the <varname>ref</varname> value is prefixed
with <literal>refs/heads/</literal>. As of Nix 2.3.0
Nix will not prefix <literal>refs/heads/</literal> if
<varname>ref</varname> starts with <literal>refs/</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@ -438,6 +445,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
}</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Fetching an arbitrary ref</title>
<programlisting>builtins.fetchGit {
url = "https://gitub.com/NixOS/nix.git";
ref = "refs/heads/0.5-release";
}</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Fetching a repository's specific commit on an arbitrary branch</title>
<para>