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authorCarl Dong <accounts@carldong.me>2019-06-29 17:15:11 -0400
committerCarl Dong <contact@carldong.me>2019-07-08 10:33:20 -0400
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scripts: environment: Add --no-cwd.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Add --no-cwd.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-help, %options): Add --no-cwd.
(launch-environment/container): Add 'map-cwd?' param; only add mapping
for cwd if #t.  Only change to cwd within container if #t, otherwise
home.
(guix-environment): Error if --no-cwd without --container.  Provide
'(not no-cwd?)' to launch-environment/container as 'map-cwd?'.
* tests/guix-environment.sh: Add test for no-cwd.

Co-authored-by: Mike Gerwitz <mtg@gnu.org>
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@@ -4657,6 +4657,14 @@ While this will limit the leaking of user identity through home paths
 and each of the user fields, this is only one useful component of a
 broader privacy/anonymity solution---not one in and of itself.
 
+@item --no-cwd
+For containers, the default behavior is to share the current working
+directory with the isolated container and immediately change to that
+directory within the container.  If this is undesirable, @code{--no-cwd}
+will cause the current working directory to @emph{not} be automatically
+shared and will change to the user's home directory within the container
+instead.  See also @code{--user}.
+
 @item --expose=@var{source}[=@var{target}]
 For containers, expose the file system @var{source} from the host system
 as the read-only file system @var{target} within the container.  If