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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 5bbd0ee7f0..139a09d1bc 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7780,22 +7780,18 @@ must be compatible. If @var{replacement} is somehow incompatible with @var{package}, then the resulting package may be unusable. Use with care! -@item --with-branch=@var{package}=@var{branch} +@item --with-git-url=@var{package}=@var{url} @cindex Git, using the latest commit @cindex latest commit, building -Build @var{package} from the latest commit of @var{branch}. The @code{source} -field of @var{package} must be an origin with the @code{git-fetch} method -(@pxref{origin Reference}) or a @code{git-checkout} object; the repository URL -is taken from that @code{source}. Git sub-modules of the repository are -fetched, recursively. +Build @var{package} from the latest commit of the @code{master} branch of the +Git repository at @var{url}. -For instance, the following command builds @code{guile-sqlite3} from the -latest commit of its @code{master} branch, and then builds @code{guix} (which -depends on it) and @code{cuirass} (which depends on @code{guix}) against this -specific @code{guile-sqlite3} build: +For example, the following commands builds the GNU C Library (glibc) straight +from its Git repository instead of building the currently-packaged release: @example -guix build --with-branch=guile-sqlite3=master cuirass +guix build glibc \ + --with-git-url=glibc=git://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git @end example @cindex continuous integration @@ -7809,6 +7805,22 @@ Checkouts are kept in a cache under @file{~/.cache/guix/checkouts} to speed up consecutive accesses to the same repository. You may want to clean it up once in a while to save disk space. +@item --with-branch=@var{package}=@var{branch} +Build @var{package} from the latest commit of @var{branch}. The @code{source} +field of @var{package} must be an origin with the @code{git-fetch} method +(@pxref{origin Reference}) or a @code{git-checkout} object; the repository URL +is taken from that @code{source}. Git sub-modules of the repository are +fetched, recursively. + +For instance, the following command builds @code{guile-sqlite3} from the +latest commit of its @code{master} branch, and then builds @code{guix} (which +depends on it) and @code{cuirass} (which depends on @code{guix}) against this +specific @code{guile-sqlite3} build: + +@example +guix build --with-branch=guile-sqlite3=master cuirass +@end example + @item --with-commit=@var{package}=@var{commit} This is similar to @code{--with-branch}, except that it builds from @var{commit} rather than the tip of a branch. @var{commit} must be a valid |