Subject: Re: [bug#35456] [PATCH 0/1] Add 'guix install', 'guix remove', and 'guix upgrade'

From: zimoun <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:31:44 +0200

Dear,

What about user-defined aliases ?
Instead of scattered hard-coded aliases.
Something using a .guixconfig file mimicking .gitconfig.

The default command would be the one we already use.
Predefined aliases such that `guix install` or `guix search` etc.
should live in .guix-profile/etc/guixconfig.
And maybe predefined apt flavor or yum flavour.

I mean something like:

~/.guixconfig

(alias 'ins (package --install))
(flavour 'apt)

~/.guix-profile/etc/guixalias-apt

(alias 'install blabla
         'search blabla
         'show blabla)

~/.guix-profile/etc/guixalias-yum

(alias 'install blabla
         'search blabla
         'info blabla)

I do not know if it makes senses.

All the best,
simon