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@@ -4678,7 +4678,7 @@ The general syntax is:
guix hash @var{option} @var{file}
@end example
-@command{guix hash} has the following option:
+@command{guix hash} has the following options:
@table @code
@@ -4706,6 +4706,11 @@ hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}).
@c FIXME: Replace xref above with xref to an ``Archive'' section when
@c it exists.
+@item --exclude-vcs
+@itemx -x
+When combined with @option{--recursive}, exclude version control system
+directories (@file{.bzr}, @file{.git}, @file{.hg}, etc.)
+
@vindex git-fetch
As an example, here is how you would compute the hash of a Git checkout,
which is useful when using the @code{git-fetch} method (@pxref{origin
@@ -4714,8 +4719,7 @@ Reference}):
@example
$ git clone http://example.org/foo.git
$ cd foo
-$ rm -rf .git
-$ guix hash -r .
+$ guix hash -rx .
@end example
@end table