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# Contributing to this documentation {#chap-contributing}
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The DocBook sources of the Nixpkgs manual are in the [doc](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/doc) subdirectory of the Nixpkgs repository.
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You can quickly check your edits with `make`:
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```ShellSession
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$ cd /path/to/nixpkgs/doc
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$ nix-shell
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[nix-shell]$ make $makeFlags
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```
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If you experience problems, run `make debug` to help understand the docbook errors.
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After making modifications to the manual, it's important to build it before committing. You can do that as follows:
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```ShellSession
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$ cd /path/to/nixpkgs/doc
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$ nix-shell
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[nix-shell]$ make clean
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[nix-shell]$ nix-build .
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```
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If the build succeeds, the manual will be in `./result/share/doc/nixpkgs/manual.html`.
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