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								        xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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								        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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								        version="5.0"
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								        xml:id="sec-nixos-tests">
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								<title>NixOS Tests</title>
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								<para>When you add some feature to NixOS, you should write a test for
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								it. NixOS tests are kept in the directory <filename
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								xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/tests">nixos/tests</filename>,
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								and are executed (using Nix) by a testing framework that automatically
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								starts one or more virtual machines containing the NixOS system(s)
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								required for the test.</para>
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								<xi:include href="running-nixos-tests-interactively.xml" />
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								</chapter>
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