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[PATCH] doc: Update the example VCS snapshot package definition.
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Reported by: Kei Kebreau <kkebreau <at> posteo.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:40:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Done: Kei Kebreau <kkebreau <at> posteo.net>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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#29496: [PATCH] doc: Update the example VCS snapshot package definition.
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ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Kei Kebreau <kkebreau <at> posteo.net> skribis:
>
>> In commit ee17a9e06e636400e3354796a42ac445dbcc8f96, the helpers git-version
>> and git-file-name removed the need to build version and file name strings
>> manually for packages that use VCS snapshots.
>>
>> doc/guix.texi (Version Numbers): Use git-version and git-file-name.
>
> LGTM, thanks!
>
> Ludo’, who didn’t know about ‘git-version’.
Pushed! Thanks to you for reviewing and to Leo for making me this change.
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In commit ee17a9e06e636400e3354796a42ac445dbcc8f96, the helpers git-version
and git-file-name removed the need to build version and file name strings
manually for packages that use VCS snapshots.
doc/guix.texi (Version Numbers): Use git-version and git-file-name.
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doc/guix.texi | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 777ca2738..0bd6b6a79 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -19880,16 +19880,14 @@ definition may look like this:
(let ((commit "c3f29bc928d5900971f65965feaae59e1272a3f7")
(revision "1")) ;Guix package revision
(package
- (version (string-append "0.9-" revision "."
- (string-take commit 7)))
+ (version (git-version "0.9" revision commit))
(source (origin
(method git-fetch)
(uri (git-reference
(url "git://example.org/my-package.git")
(commit commit)))
(sha256 (base32 "1mbikn <at> dots{}"))
- (file-name (string-append "my-package-" version
- "-checkout"))))
+ (file-name (git-file-name name version))))
;; @dots{}
)))
@end example
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