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[PATCH core-updates] doc: Document changes to `copy-recursively'.

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From: Romain GARBAGE <romain.garbage <at> inria.fr>
To: 68670 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ludo <at> gnu.org, Romain GARBAGE <romain.garbage <at> inria.fr>, maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com
Subject: [bug#68670] [PATCH core-updates] doc: Document changes to `copy-recursively'.
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:42:41 +0100

* doc/guix.texi: Document new key `select?' in `copy-recursively'.

Change-Id: I4b14ae5a1b40e0939456604f75597b5596b76f83
---
 doc/guix.texi | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
As requested by Ludo', here is the documentation update that should have
been sent together with issue #68406.

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index df6ce91736..4dbc311468 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -10814,12 +10814,18 @@ Build Utilities
 @deffn {Procedure} copy-recursively source destination @
   [#:log (current-output-port)] [#:follow-symlinks? #f] @
   [#:copy-file copy-file] [#:keep-mtime? #f] [#:keep-permissions? #t]
+  [#:select? (const #t)]
 Copy @var{source} directory to @var{destination}.  Follow symlinks if
 @var{follow-symlinks?}  is true; otherwise, just preserve them.  Call
-@var{copy-file} to copy regular files.  When @var{keep-mtime?} is true,
-keep the modification time of the files in @var{source} on those of
-@var{destination}.  When @var{keep-permissions?} is true, preserve file
-permissions.  Write verbose output to the @var{log} port.
+@var{copy-file} to copy regular files.  Call @var{select?}, taking two
+arguments, @var{file} and @var{stat}, for each entry in @var{source},
+where @var{file} is the entry's absolute file name and @var{stat} is the
+result of @code{lstat} (or @code{stat} if @var{follow-symlinks?} is
+true); exclude entries for which @var{select?} does not return true.
+When @var{keep-mtime?} is true, keep the modification time of the files
+in @var{source} on those of @var{destination}.
+When @var{keep-permissions?} is true, preserve file permissions.  Write
+verbose output to the @var{log} port.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Procedure} delete-file-recursively dir [#:follow-mounts? #f]

base-commit: bafc6efe481d0f209b490c4e2a1ac1b3f7afa06c
-- 
2.41.0

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