GNU bug report logs - #63726
time-machine without options does not get the latest commit

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 18:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 63726 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>, Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>
Cc: 63726 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63726: time-machine without options does not get the latest
 commit
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:51:23 +0200

Hi,

On Mon, 14 Aug 2023 at 12:13, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net> wrote:

>> Let me know what you think!

LGTM! :-)


> This looks good to me. In practice, I doubt anyone would use -q with
> time-machine, because it makes more sense to specify an explicit channel
> file every time. But for pull, I can well imaging using it in a
> reproducibility-oriented setting.

Well, I am also lacking imagination for “guix time-machine -q”. :-)

Moreover, the option precedence (commit, branch, channel file, etc.) is
never clear for me.  Hum, maybe I could check if it’s documented… ;-)


Cheers,
simon
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