From 4e9fc9cddc768ee92d6a8239c095a43e6dea826f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Scholten <marc@digitallyinduced.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:07:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use the Determinate Nix Installer on macOS (#1842)

---
 Guide/installation.markdown | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Guide/installation.markdown b/Guide/installation.markdown
index ad6392643..6cca20358 100644
--- a/Guide/installation.markdown
+++ b/Guide/installation.markdown
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ That's why we first need to make sure that you have nix installed.
 Run this command in your terminal to install nix on your machine:
 
 ```bash
-sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install
 ```
 
+We use the Determinate Nix Installer instead of the normal Nix installer here as it works better on macOS, e.g. the normal Nix installer always breaks across macOS updates.
+
 After this restart your terminal.
 
 ### Linux