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This section provides some notes on how to start hacking on Nix. This section provides some notes on how to start hacking on Nix.
To get the latest version of Nix from GitHub: To get the latest version of Nix from GitHub:
> **Note**
>
> When checking out the repo on Windows, make sure you have the git setting `core.symlinks` enabled, before cloning, as there are symlinks in the repo.
```console ```console
$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git $ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git
$ cd nix $ cd nix