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Document git-checkout

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org, mirai <mirai <at> makinata.eu>, 60494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60494: git-reference does not support file:// uri scheme
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2023 17:24:24 +0000

retitle 60494 Document git-checkout
thanks

Hi!

That itself is not a bug: git-fetch is the wrong tool for this job.  It should not have access to your files.

You can clone a local repository by directly calling git-checkout and passing it as the package source:

  (source
    (git-checkout (url "/home/mirai/foo")))

No need for a hash, either!  \o/





Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.

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