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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi4
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/hash.scm4
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-hash.sh3
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 1293b8bc1e..22d353c3b9 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4791,7 +4791,9 @@ The general syntax is:
guix hash @var{option} @var{file}
@end example
-@command{guix hash} has the following options:
+When @var{file} is @code{-} (a hyphen), @command{guix hash} computes the
+hash of data read from standard input. @command{guix hash} has the
+following options:
@table @code
diff --git a/guix/scripts/hash.scm b/guix/scripts/hash.scm
index b269ead50f..a339a8556b 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/hash.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/hash.scm
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ and 'hexadecimal' can be used as well).\n"))
(write-file file port #:select? select?)
(force-output port)
(get-hash))
- (call-with-input-file file port-sha256))))
+ (match file
+ ("-" (port-sha256 (current-input-port)))
+ (_ (call-with-input-file file port-sha256))))))
(match args
((file)
diff --git a/tests/guix-hash.sh b/tests/guix-hash.sh
index 44213d51af..190c9e7f8a 100644
--- a/tests/guix-hash.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-hash.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-# Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+# Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
# Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
#
# This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ tmpdir="guix-hash-$$"
trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT
test `guix hash /dev/null` = 0mdqa9w1p6cmli6976v4wi0sw9r4p5prkj7lzfd1877wk11c9c73
+test `echo -n | guix hash -` = 0mdqa9w1p6cmli6976v4wi0sw9r4p5prkj7lzfd1877wk11c9c73
test `guix hash -f nix-base32 /dev/null` = 0mdqa9w1p6cmli6976v4wi0sw9r4p5prkj7lzfd1877wk11c9c73
test `guix hash -f hex /dev/null` = e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
test `guix hash -f base32 /dev/null` = 4oymiquy7qobjgx36tejs35zeqt24qpemsnzgtfeswmrw6csxbkq