From 73dc049ca8fa1350000e547034b22a68b7ad3fee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rishi Kumar <rsi.dev17@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 21:12:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Using nixpkgs-unstable instead of devenv-nixpkgs

---
 docs/common-patterns.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/common-patterns.md b/docs/common-patterns.md
index 0f59df90f..9b8e94ce4 100644
--- a/docs/common-patterns.md
+++ b/docs/common-patterns.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## Using `nixpkgs-unstable` instead of `devenv-nixpkgs`
+
+### In the file `devenv.yaml` edit the `nixpkgs` input to point to nixpkgs-unstable
+
+```yaml
+inputs:
+  nixpkgs:
+    url: github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable
+```
+
 ## Nix patterns
 
 ### Add a directory to `$PATH`