guix repl: Add script execution.series-3961

* guix/scripts/repl.scm: Add filename options for script execution.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix repl): Document it.
* tests/guix-repl.sh: Test it.

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index a36b9691fb..754732fa9e 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Programming Interface
 * Derivations::                 Low-level interface to package derivations.
 * The Store Monad::             Purely functional interface to the store.
 * G-Expressions::               Manipulating build expressions.
-* Invoking guix repl::          Fiddling with Guix interactively.
+* Invoking guix repl::          Programming Guix in Guile
 
 Defining Packages
 
@@ -5446,7 +5446,7 @@ package definitions.
 * Derivations::                 Low-level interface to package derivations.
 * The Store Monad::             Purely functional interface to the store.
 * G-Expressions::               Manipulating build expressions.
-* Invoking guix repl::          Fiddling with Guix interactively.
+* Invoking guix repl::          Programming Guix in Guile
 @end menu
 
 @node Package Modules
@@ -8165,12 +8165,31 @@ has an associated gexp compiler, such as a @code{<package>}.
 @node Invoking guix repl
 @section Invoking @command{guix repl}
 
-@cindex REPL, read-eval-print loop
-The @command{guix repl} command spawns a Guile @dfn{read-eval-print loop}
-(REPL) for interactive programming (@pxref{Using Guile Interactively,,, guile,
-GNU Guile Reference Manual}).  Compared to just launching the @command{guile}
+@cindex REPL, read-eval-print loop, script
+The @command{guix repl} command makes it easier to program Guix in Guile
+by launching a Guile @dfn{read-eval-print loop} (REPL) for interactive
+programming (@pxref{Using Guile Interactively,,, guile,
+GNU Guile Reference Manual}), or by running Guile scripts
+(@pxref{Running Guile Scripts,,, guile,
+GNU Guile Reference Manual}).
+Compared to just launching the @command{guile}
 command, @command{guix repl} guarantees that all the Guix modules and all its
-dependencies are available in the search path.  You can use it this way:
+dependencies are available in the search path.
+
+The general syntax is:
+
+@example
+guix repl @var{options} @var{files}
+@end example
+
+When at least one @var{files} argument is provided, @var{files} are
+executed as Guile scripts in the given order:
+
+@example
+$ guix repl my-script.scm
+@end example
+
+Otherwise a Guile REPL is started:
 
 @example
 $ guix repl
@@ -8219,11 +8238,12 @@ Add @var{directory} to the front of the package module search path
 (@pxref{Package Modules}).
 
 This allows users to define their own packages and make them visible to
-the command-line tool.
+the scripts or REPL.
 
 @item -q
 Inhibit loading of the @file{~/.guile} file.  By default, that
-configuration file is loaded when spawning a @code{guile} REPL.
+configuration file is loaded when executing scripts or spawning
+a @code{guile} REPL.
 @end table
 
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