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Expand Up @@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ Then add `nix-shell` to the plugins list in `~/.zshrc`.

If you have installed `zsh` using `nix` the plugins directory is readonly since it's inside of the nix store.
To get around this you can override the [`ZSH_CUSTOM` directory](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Customization#using-another-customization-directory).
Simply create a writable directory inside of your home directory (e.g. `$HOME/.config/oh-my-zsh`) and set `ZSH_CUSTOM` to that path inside of your `.zshrc` file.
Do so by setting the "custom" attribute in your oh-my-zsh Nix config:

```sh
ZSH_CUSTOM=$HOME/.config/oh-my-zsh
```nix
oh-my-zsh = {
custom = "/home/YOURUSERNAME/.config/oh-my-zsh";
};
```

After that simply install for `oh-my-zsh` as normal.
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