From ea51f7f44173bf5c564d17cb0391bdeac117283c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam0 <alumail@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:11:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow prerelease package updates

---
 updater/package_backend.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/updater/package_backend.py b/updater/package_backend.py
index ade9e9e..2aecb40 100644
--- a/updater/package_backend.py
+++ b/updater/package_backend.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ def _rejected_status(reason: str) -> ResultStatus:
 
 
 def _run_nix_update(ref: PackageRef, version_mode: str, *, timeout: str | None) -> None:
+    update_mode = "unstable" if version_mode == "stable" else version_mode
     if ref.source_kind == "flake":
         command = [
             "nix",
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ def _run_nix_update(ref: PackageRef, version_mode: str, *, timeout: str | None)
             "--",
             "--flake",
             "--use-github-releases",
-            f"--version={version_mode}",
+            f"--version={update_mode}",
             ref.attr_path,
         ]
     else:
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ def _run_nix_update(ref: PackageRef, version_mode: str, *, timeout: str | None)
             "--",
             "-f",
             "default.nix",
-            f"--version={version_mode}",
+            f"--version={update_mode}",
             ref.attr_path,
         ]
     run(command, timeout=timeout)
-- 
2.51.2