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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-11-30 23:19:45 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-12-07 00:59:57 +0100
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guix system: Add "describe" action.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Add "describe".
(process-command): Handle it.
(guix-system): Likewise.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
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@@ -26301,6 +26301,10 @@ bootloader boot menu:
 
 @table @code
 
+@item describe
+Describe the current system generation: its file name, the kernel and
+bootloader used, etc., as well as provenance information when available.
+
 @item list-generations
 List a summary of each generation of the operating system available on
 disk, in a human-readable way.  This is similar to the