summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJoshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de>2020-08-10 05:20:30 -0400
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2020-08-27 16:04:12 -0400
commit3e9c6ee19de6b7852f4b401aa31b1d0098f085a3 (patch)
treea9fed2d73b3dfae7f1406b0d2d3006ea70df4ad4 /doc
parent28dce8f02db38a41e59ecdf3786baa6f732636ff (diff)
downloadguix-3e9c6ee19de6b7852f4b401aa31b1d0098f085a3.tar.gz
doc: Improve the instructions regarding `guix git authenticate`.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Instruct the user to fetch
the 'keyring' branch. Fix a typo.

Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/contributing.texi3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index f5d73e78aa..aedcb334c4 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
 
 @cindex authentication, of a Guix checkout
 How do you ensure that you obtained a genuine copy of the repository?
-To do that, run @command{guix git authenticate}, passing if the commit
+To do that, run @command{guix git authenticate}, passing it the commit
 and OpenPGP fingerprint of the @dfn{channel introduction}
 (@pxref{Invoking guix git authenticate}):
 
 @c The commit and fingerprint below must match those of the channel
 @c introduction in '%default-channels'.
 @example
+git fetch origin keyring:keyring
 guix git authenticate 9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad \
   "BBB0 2DDF 2CEA F6A8 0D1D  E643 A2A0 6DF2 A33A 54FA"
 @end example