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| author | Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> | 2020-11-19 00:04:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> | 2020-11-19 00:04:32 +0100 |
| commit | 35ed83beae51c05069ed6754dd26cf0f549808ab (patch) | |
| tree | fe09aa72524081aa54c74e6d5f99f1a1c006c06b /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | 38f4c54d7e212fd26e6899fad29c2e604abb32f5 (diff) | |
| parent | 0305bc91762f9d5e01abd3d55e8dd9d3d1ecbdad (diff) | |
| download | guix-35ed83beae51c05069ed6754dd26cf0f549808ab.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' into staging
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index d3f6325c3f..d8de71055a 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1368,11 +1368,6 @@ commit that others can't refer to, a check is made that the commit used has already been pushed to the Savannah-hosted Guix git repository. This check can be disabled, @emph{at your own peril}, by setting the -@code{GUIX_ALLOW_ME_TO_USE_PRIVATE_COMMIT} environment variable. - -To build the resulting 'guix' package when using a private commit, the -following command can be used: - -@example -./pre-inst-env guix build guix --with-git-url=guix=$PWD -@end example +@code{GUIX_ALLOW_ME_TO_USE_PRIVATE_COMMIT} environment variable. When +this variable is set, the updated package source is also added to the +store. This is used as part of the release process of Guix. |