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-Moved to: ./contributing-to-this-manual.xml. Link:
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-https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable/#chap-contributing
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+[Moved to ./contributing-to-this-manual.chapter.md](./contributing-to-this-manual.chapter.md). Link:
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+https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable/#chap-contributing