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README: document --version=branch option in more depth #213

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Expand Up @@ -88,14 +88,24 @@ It is also possible to specify the version manually
$ nix-update --version=2.1.1 nixpkgs-review
```

To update an unstable package to the latest commit of the default branch:

```console
$ nix-update --version=branch nixpkgs-review
```

To update an unstable package the latest commit from a certain branch:

```console
$ nix-update --version=branch=develop nixpkgs-review
```

To only update sources hashes without updating the version:

```console
$ nix-update --version=skip nixpkgs-review
```

Setting `--version` to `branch` instead, will look for the latest commit.

To extract version information from versions with prefixes or suffixes,
a regex can be used

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