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authorKonrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>2022-01-28 18:59:27 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-02-01 00:24:26 +0100
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doc: Document --profile option to "guix shell"
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): New paragraph.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -5824,6 +5824,12 @@ This is similar to the same-named option in @command{guix package}
 (@pxref{profile-manifest, @option{--manifest}}) and uses the same
 manifest files.
 
+@item --profile=@var{profile}
+@itemx -p @var{profile}
+Create an environment containing the packages installed in @var{profile}. 
+Use @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}) to create
+and manage profiles.
+
 @item --pure
 Unset existing environment variables when building the new environment, except
 those specified with @option{--preserve} (see below).  This has the effect of