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authorDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2018-02-15 20:54:28 -0500
committerDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2018-02-21 22:16:38 -0500
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environment: Add --manifest option.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-help, %options): Add -m/--manifest.
(options/resolve-packages): Handle manifests.
* tests/guix-envronment.sh: Add a test.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it.
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@@ -7231,6 +7231,15 @@ As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this
 @verbatiminclude environment-gdb.scm
 @end example
 
+@item --manifest=@var{file}
+@itemx -m @var{file}
+Create an environment for the packages contained in the manifest object
+returned by the Scheme code in @var{file}.
+
+This is similar to the same-named option in @command{guix package}
+(@pxref{profile-manifest, @option{--manifest}}) and uses the same
+manifest files.
+
 @item --ad-hoc
 Include all specified packages in the resulting environment, as if an
 @i{ad hoc} package were defined with them as inputs.  This option is