diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix
index bd83cecddbd1..c39ef2281118 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     {
       stable = localRepoCheck nixVersions.stable;
       latest = localRepoCheck nixVersions.latest;
+      git = localRepoCheck nixVersions.git;
       nix_2_24 = localRepoCheck nixVersions.nix_2_24;
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 46b6c6aefe9b..de70aa46badf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -197,6 +197,20 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
 
       nix_2_28 = addTests "nix_2_28" self.nixComponents_2_28.nix-everything;
 
+      nixComponents_git = nixDependencies.callPackage ./modular/packages.nix rec {
+        version = "2.29pre20250407_${lib.substring 0 8 src.rev}";
+        inherit (self.nix_2_24.meta) maintainers;
+        otherSplices = generateSplicesForNixComponents "nixComponents_git";
+        src = fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "NixOS";
+          repo = "nix";
+          rev = "73d3159ba0b4b711c1f124a587f16e2486d685d7";
+          hash = "sha256-9wJXUGqXIqMjNyKWJKCcxrDHM/KxDkvJMwo6S3s+WuM=";
+        };
+      };
+
+      git = addTests "git" self.nixComponents_git.nix-everything;
+
       latest = self.nix_2_28;
 
       # The minimum Nix version supported by Nixpkgs
@@ -234,7 +248,6 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
         nix_2_27 = throw "nix_2_27 has been removed. use nix_2_28.";
 
         unstable = throw "nixVersions.unstable has been removed. use nixVersions.latest or the nix flake.";
-        git = throw "nixVersions.git has been removed. use nixVersions.latest or the nix flake.";
       }
     )
   )
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh
index 547721d8b392..a2b459e67e7f 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh
@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ for name in $nix_versions; do
         break
     fi
 done
+
+commit_json=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nix/commits/master) # format: 2024-11-01T10:18:53Z
+date_of_commit=$(echo "$commit_json" | jq -r '.commit.author.date')
+suffix="pre$(date -d "$date_of_commit" +%Y%m%d)_"
+sed -i -e "s|\"pre[0-9]\{8\}_|\"$suffix|g" "$SCRIPT_DIR/default.nix"
+nix-update --override-filename "$SCRIPT_DIR/default.nix" --version branch --build --commit "nixVersions.git"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index f15758260d33..340c8b92f133 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ let
     gmp = nativePlatforms;
     libcCross = nativePlatforms;
     nix = nativePlatforms;
+    nixVersions.git = nativePlatforms;
     mesa = nativePlatforms;
     rustc = nativePlatforms;
     cargo = nativePlatforms;