Subject: [bug#65866] [PATCH 0/8] Add built-in builder for Git checkouts

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:23:18 +0200

Simon Tournier <[email-masked]> skribis:

> On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 at 00:28, Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> +(define* (git-fetch/built-in ref hash-algo hash
>> +                             #:optional name
>> +                             #:key (system (%current-system)))
>> +  "Return a fixed-output derivation without any dependency that performs a Git
>> +checkout of REF, using the \"builtin:git-download\" derivation builder."
>
> I do not understand what means “without any dependency” here.

It means the derivation does not depend on anything (it has zero
“sources” and zero “input derivations”).  That’s fundamental here, which
is why I made it explicit.

Ludo’.