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# Release 19.03 {#sec-release-19.03}
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The 19.03 release branch became the stable branch in April, 2019.
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## Highlights {#sec-release-19.03-highlights}
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This release has the following notable changes:
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- The [opt-home.file._name_.source](#opt-home.file._name_.source) option now allows source
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files to be hidden, that is, having a name starting with the `.`
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character. It also allows the source file name to contain characters
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not typically allowed for Nix store paths. For example, your
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configuration can now contain things such as
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``` nix
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home.file."my file".source = ./. + "/file with spaces!";
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```
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- The type used for the systemd unit options under
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[opt-systemd.user.sockets](#opt-systemd.user.sockets),
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etc. has been changed to offer more robust merging of
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configurations. If you don't override values within systemd units
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then you are not affected by this change. Unfortunately, if you do
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override unit values you may encounter errors.
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In particular, if you get an error saying that a "unique option" is
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"defined multiple times" then you need to use the
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[`mkForce`](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-option-definitions-setting-priorities)
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function. For example,
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``` nix
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systemd.user.services.foo.Service.ExecStart = "/foo/bar";
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```
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becomes
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``` nix
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systemd.user.services.foo.Service.ExecStart = lib.mkForce "/foo/bar";
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```
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We had to make this change because the old merging was causing too
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many confusing situations for people.
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## State Version Changes {#sec-release-19.03-state-version-changes}
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The state version in this release includes the changes below. These
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changes are only active if the [opt-home.stateVersion](#opt-home.stateVersion) option is
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set to "19.03" or later.
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- There is now an option [opt-programs.beets.enable](#opt-programs.beets.enable) that
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defaults to `false`. Before the module would be active if the
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[opt-programs.beets.settings](#opt-programs.beets.settings) option was non-empty.
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