Using both stable/unstable in Flake+Config+HomeManager

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You need to pass arguments to your modules by using specialArgs = inputs; in your flake.nix so that you can use both nixpkgs and nixpkgs-unstable arguments in your configuration.nix file (for example).

How do specialArgs work?

New to Nix & NixOS When using a flake for my NixOS system’s configuration, is there any difference between using specialArgs this way { inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs"; outputs = { nixpkgs, ... } @ inputs : { nixosConfigurations.hostname = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem { system = "x86_64-linux"; specialArgs = inputs; modules = [ ./configuration.nix ]; }; }; } as opposed to this way? { inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs"; outputs = {…