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authorPhilip McGrath <philip@philipmcgrath.com>2022-05-18 14:10:56 -0400
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-05-22 01:07:52 +0200
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import: Add Elm importer.
* guix/import/elm.scm, guix/scripts/import/elm.scm: New files.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them.
* guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add "elm".
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document Elm importer.
* doc/contributing.texi (Elm Packages): Mention it.
* tests/elm.scm ("(guix import elm)"): New test group.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -13157,6 +13157,31 @@ and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet
 in Guix.
 @end table
 
+@item elm
+@cindex elm
+Import metadata from the Elm package repository
+@uref{https://package.elm-lang.org, package.elm-lang.org}, as in this example:
+
+@example
+guix import elm elm-explorations/webgl
+@end example
+
+The Elm importer also allows you to specify a version string:
+
+@example
+guix import elm elm-explorations/webgl@@1.1.3
+@end example
+
+Additional options include:
+
+@table @code
+@item --recursive
+@itemx -r
+Traverse the dependency graph of the given upstream package recursively
+and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet
+in Guix.
+@end table
+
 @item opam
 @cindex OPAM
 @cindex OCaml