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Re: How to create and maintain a personal Guix fork?
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wolf |
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Re: How to create and maintain a personal Guix fork? |
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Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:06:56 +0200 |
On 2023-09-05 09:18:45 -0700, Felix Lechner wrote:
> Hi Wolf,
>
> On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 11:31 AM wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to start my own fork of the upstream Guix
>
> That's great news! I think it's the only way to contribute important
> changes to Guix. You may find some helpful information at the end of
> this message:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2023-08/msg00121.html
>
> I pull unauthenticated right now but should probably add my key to
> 'lechner-experimental' on Codeberg. Thanks!
In the end more steps were required than I expected. And the signing sadly
required patching git-authenticate.scm in the fork. I put together a script
that automates this process, maybe it will be useful to others as well:
https://git.sr.ht/~graywolf/guix/tree/master/item/etc/fork-guix
>
> Kind regards
> Felix
>
> P.S. Perhaps you meant to force a reply to the list alone. I copied you,
> anyway.
Have a nice day,
W.
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