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[PATCH] pull: Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment variable. |
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Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:05:53 +0300 |
>From 2638c08eef0e8c173111ced6bbc95167f6130fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleg Pykhalov <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 12:01:41 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] pull: Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment variable.
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%repository-url): Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment
variable.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention GUIX_PULL_URL.
---
doc/guix.texi | 3 ++-
guix/scripts/pull.scm | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index f0a59a6b4..0b6d5cdee 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2533,7 +2533,8 @@ Produce verbose output, writing build logs to the
standard error output.
Download Guix from the Git repository at @var{url}.
By default, the source is taken from its canonical Git repository at
address@hidden, for the stable branch of Guix.
address@hidden, for the stable branch of Guix. To use a different source,
+provide @code{GUIX_PULL_URL} environment variable.
@item address@hidden
Deploy @var{commit}, a valid Git commit ID represented as a hexadecimal
diff --git a/guix/scripts/pull.scm b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
index b1c87c870..240019800 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/pull.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Install it by running:
(resolve-interface '(git))))
(define %repository-url
- "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git";)
+ (or (getenv "GUIX_PULL_URL") "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git";))
;;;
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2.14.2
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Re: [bug#28699] [PATCH] pull: Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment variable. |
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Sat, 07 Oct 2017 22:41:50 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello Oleg,
Oleg Pykhalov <address@hidden> skribis:
> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Oleg Pykhalov <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> From 2638c08eef0e8c173111ced6bbc95167f6130fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Oleg Pykhalov <address@hidden>
>>> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 12:01:41 +0300
>>> Subject: [PATCH] pull: Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment variable.
>>>
>>> * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%repository-url): Add GUIX_PULL_URL environment
>>> variable.
>>> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention GUIX_PULL_URL.
>>
>> I’m not entirely convinced, especially with a look on “channels”, which
>> would provide a way to persistently register repo URLs.
>
> Interesting. I didn't know about channels before you mention.
It’s still a collective pipe dream at this stage, but we’ll get there.
:-)
>> OTOH, I see that it can be convenient in the short-term for someone
>> using a repo other than the default one.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> So, as we don't have channels yet, then I think it's a useful patch.
> Because I cannot use 'guix pull --url=URL' when I use 'M-x guix pull' in
> GNU Emacs.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Applied with the changes below, thank you!
Ludo’.
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 641e39d9e..7b5b71179 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2532,9 +2532,10 @@ Produce verbose output, writing build logs to the
standard error output.
@item address@hidden
Download Guix from the Git repository at @var{url}.
address@hidden GUIX_PULL_URL
By default, the source is taken from its canonical Git repository at
@code{gnu.org}, for the stable branch of Guix. To use a different source,
-provide @code{GUIX_PULL_URL} environment variable.
+set the @code{GUIX_PULL_URL} environment variable.
@item address@hidden
Deploy @var{commit}, a valid Git commit ID represented as a hexadecimal
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