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[PATCH 0/8] Add built-in builder for Git checkouts

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From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 65866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: [bug#65866] [PATCH 0/8] Add built-in builder for Git checkouts
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:48:04 +0200

Re,

On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 at 11:23, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>>> +  "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.

For instance, in ’built-in-download’, the docstring reads:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
This is an \"out-of-band\" download in that the returned derivation does not
explicitly depend on Guile, GnuTLS, etc.  Instead, the daemon performs the
download by itself using its own dependencies.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

which I find “clearer” than “without any dependency”.

Well, enough for nitpicking. :-)

Cheers,
simon

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