# Patch nixpkgs using cherry-picks without local clone

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/patch-nixpkgs-using-cherry-picks-without-local-clone/76925
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**Created:** [April 8, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/patch-nixpkgs-using-cherry-picks-without-local-clone/76925 "2026-04-08T18:34:24Z")
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### Author: ![doronbehar](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/doronbehar/32/1387_2.png) [@doronbehar](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/doronbehar)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/patch-nixpkgs-using-cherry-picks-without-local-clone/76925/9 "2026-04-13T14:33:21Z")

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Interesting workflow for patching Nixpkgs! I too created such a workflow and shared it here:

> [@GitHub actions to update your Nixpkgs fork with PRs' patches](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/github-actions-to-update-your-nixpkgs-fork-with-prs-patches/72832):
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> Motivation After a few [small dissatisfactions](https://github.com/gepbird/nixpkgs-patcher/issues?q=sort%3Aupdated-desc%20involves%3Adoronbehar) from [nixpkgs-patcher](https://github.com/gepbird/nixpkgs-patcher) by @gepbird, and after encountering substantial issues with [nix-patcher](https://github.com/katrinafyi/nix-patcher), I created a setup that avoids many of the drawbacks of the above two solutions. This solution is based upon a periodic GH action that runs on your fork of Nixpkgs. It updates a branch on your fork called channel/personal-stable (name can be changed of course) with commits from PRs listed in the GH action’s workflow yml file. With this branch, you can use th…

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