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Created November 9, 2021 20:00
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  1. matthiasbeyer created this gist Nov 9, 2021.
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    { pkgs ? (import <nixpkgs> {}) }:

    rec {
    # import nixpkgs from a specific commit hash
    oldNixpkgs = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
    owner = "nixos";
    repo = "nixpkgs";

    # here goes the commit hash
    rev = "c2268175651c4aa1da23c1b84ecebc0a0df56633";
    sha256 = "0asjhmzwgipbmv3l58l4g4miw6mhywpzzviirys1r33ykbacvjkf";
    };

    # import the "old" packages
    oldPkgs = import "${oldNixpkgs}" {};

    # use the oldPkgs and use the "ripgrep" package
    myRipgrep = oldPkgs.ripgrep;
    }