Merge pull request #323140 from hercules-ci/fix-nixVersions-git-version

`nixVersions.git`: Fix version and test it

pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ in
 
   # passthru tests
 , pkgsi686Linux
+, runCommand
 }: let
 self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "nix";
@@ -259,6 +260,21 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
       # Basic smoke test that needs to pass when upgrading nix.
       # Note that this test does only test the nixVersions.stable attribute.
       misc = nixosTests.nix-misc.default;
+
+      srcVersion = runCommand "nix-src-version" {
+        inherit version;
+      } ''
+        # This file is an implementation detail, but it's a good sanity check
+        # If upstream changes that, we'll have to adapt.
+        srcVersion=$(cat ${src}/.version)
+        echo "Version in nix nix expression: $version"
+        echo "Version in nix.src: $srcVersion"
+        if [ "$version" != "$srcVersion" ]; then
+          echo "Version mismatch!"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        touch $out
+      '';
     };
   };
 

pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
   };
 
   git = common rec {
-    version = "2.23.1";
+    version = "2.24.0";
     suffix = "pre20240627_${lib.substring 0 8 src.rev}";
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "NixOS";