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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6c59db3393..6ce8725ece 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4153,6 +4153,28 @@ add a meta-data file @file{.guix-channel} that contains: (directory "guix")) @end lisp +@cindex primary URL, channels +@subsection Primary URL + +Channel authors can indicate the primary URL of their channel's Git +repository in the @file{.guix-channel} file, like so: + +@lisp +(channel + (version 0) + (url "https://example.org/guix.git")) +@end lisp + +This allows @command{guix pull} to determine whether it is pulling code +from a mirror of the channel; when that is the case, it warns the user +that the mirror might be stale and displays the primary URL. That way, +users cannot be tricked into fetching code from a stale mirror that does +not receive security updates. + +This feature only makes sense for authenticated repositories, such as +the official @code{guix} channel, for which @command{guix pull} ensures +the code it fetches is authentic. + @cindex news, for channels @subsection Writing Channel News |