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 Releases
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-Home Manager is developed against `nixpkgs-unstable` branch, which often causes
+Home Manager is developed against `nixos-unstable` branch, which often causes
 it to contain tweaks for changes/packages not yet released in stable [NixOS][].
 To avoid breaking users' configurations, Home Manager is released in branches
 corresponding to NixOS releases (e.g. `release-25.11`). These branches get