gexp: Add 'plain-file'.

* guix/gexp.scm (<plain-file>): New type.
  (plain-file, plain-file-compiler): New procedures.
* tests/gexp.scm ("one plain file"): New test.
* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document 'plain-file'.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 2d10ec9b59..665bdb028d 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2948,7 +2948,8 @@ derivations can be defined, such that these objects can also be inserted
 into gexps.  Another useful type of high-level object that can be
 inserted in a gexp is @dfn{local files}, which allows files from the
 local file system to be added to the store and referred to by
-derivations and such (see @code{local-file} below.)
+derivations and such (see @code{local-file} and @code{plain-file}
+below.)
 
 To illustrate the idea, here is an example of a gexp:
 
@@ -3126,6 +3127,13 @@ This is the declarative counterpart of the @code{interned-file} monadic
 procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad, @code{interned-file}}).
 @end deffn
 
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} plain-file @var{name} @var{content}
+Return an object representing a text file called @var{name} with the given
+@var{content} (a string) to be added to the store.
+
+This is the declarative counterpart of @code{text-file}.
+@end deffn
+
 @deffn {Monadic Procedure} gexp->script @var{name} @var{exp}
 Return an executable script @var{name} that runs @var{exp} using
 @var{guile} with @var{modules} in its search path.