summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/guix.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorKonrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>2019-09-18 09:52:18 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-09-18 23:08:29 +0200
commitda551107129d22dfb2a4278a55b702a7340e7f51 (patch)
tree3dfe5fe5ae266925c1b1c189bb2b80fe230677c3 /doc/guix.texi
parentee25048e51dd45ad91a1ad4b0f25f4013843c52b (diff)
downloadpatches-da551107129d22dfb2a4278a55b702a7340e7f51.tar
patches-da551107129d22dfb2a4278a55b702a7340e7f51.tar.gz
scripts: pull: Add options for generation management
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%options) Add --roll-back, --switch-generation, --delete-generations (process-generation-change): New function (guix-pull): Execute generation management operations * doc/guix.texi: Document the generation management operations Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi47
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index da62194a16..0ed59072c9 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3673,12 +3673,21 @@ Generation 3 Jun 13 2018 23:31:07 (current)
@xref{Invoking guix describe, @command{guix describe}}, for other ways to
describe the current status of Guix.
-This @code{~/.config/guix/current} profile works like any other profile
-created by @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). That
+This @code{~/.config/guix/current} profile works exactly like the profiles
+created by @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). That
is, you can list generations, roll back to the previous
generation---i.e., the previous Guix---and so on:
@example
+$ guix pull --roll-back
+switched from generation 3 to 2
+$ guix pull --delete-generations=1
+deleting /var/guix/profiles/per-user/charlie/current-guix-1-link
+@end example
+
+You can also use @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package})
+to manage the profile by naming it explicitly:
+@example
$ guix package -p ~/.config/guix/current --roll-back
switched from generation 3 to 2
$ guix package -p ~/.config/guix/current --delete-generations=1
@@ -3724,6 +3733,40 @@ is provided, the subset of generations that match @var{pattern}.
The syntax of @var{pattern} is the same as with @code{guix package
--list-generations} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}).
+@item --roll-back
+@cindex rolling back
+@cindex undoing transactions
+@cindex transactions, undoing
+Roll back to the previous @dfn{generation} of @file{~/.config/guix/current}---i.e.,
+undo the last transaction.
+
+@item --switch-generation=@var{pattern}
+@itemx -S @var{pattern}
+@cindex generations
+Switch to a particular generation defined by @var{pattern}.
+
+@var{pattern} may be either a generation number or a number prefixed
+with ``+'' or ``-''. The latter means: move forward/backward by a
+specified number of generations. For example, if you want to return to
+the latest generation after @code{--roll-back}, use
+@code{--switch-generation=+1}.
+
+@item --delete-generations[=@var{pattern}]
+@itemx -d [@var{pattern}]
+When @var{pattern} is omitted, delete all generations except the current
+one.
+
+This command accepts the same patterns as @option{--list-generations}.
+When @var{pattern} is specified, delete the matching generations. When
+@var{pattern} specifies a duration, generations @emph{older} than the
+specified duration match. For instance, @code{--delete-generations=1m}
+deletes generations that are more than one month old.
+
+If the current generation matches, it is @emph{not} deleted.
+
+Note that deleting generations prevents rolling back to them.
+Consequently, this command must be used with care.
+
@xref{Invoking guix describe}, for a way to display information about the
current generation only.