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authorEric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>2015-09-10 15:34:58 -0500
committerEric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>2015-09-14 18:03:33 -0500
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guix: lint: Check for meaningful origin file names.
* guix/scripts/lint.scm (check-source-file-name): New procedure. (%checkers): Add 'source-file-name' checker. * tests/lint.scm ("source-file-name", "source-file-name: v prefix") ("source-file-name: valid", "source-file-name: bad checkout") ("source-file-name: good checkout"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Mention file name check.
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@@ -4219,8 +4219,11 @@ Identify inputs that should most likely be native inputs.
@item source
@itemx home-page
+@itemx source-file-name
Probe @code{home-page} and @code{source} URLs and report those that are
-invalid.
+invalid. Check that the source file name is meaningful, e.g. is not
+just a version number or ``git-checkout'', and should not have a
+@code{file-name} declared (@pxref{origin Reference}).
@item formatting
Warn about obvious source code formatting issues: trailing white space,