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1+# Updating Hackage and Stackage Nix expressions
3+The [`hackage.nix`](https://github.com/input-output-hk/hackage.nix)
4+and [`stackage.nix`](https://github.com/input-output-hk/stackage.nix)
5+repos and corresponding files `hackage-src.json` and
6+`stackage-src.json` will be regularly and automatically updated using
9+To run the updater scripts manually, use:
11+ nix-build -A maintainer-scripts.update-hackage -o update-hackage.sh
14+ nix-build -A maintainer-scripts.update-stackage -o update-stackage.sh
17+The scripts will clone the repo, generate the latest data, then
18+attempt to push back to the repo and update the source JSON file.