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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 73ebbfa8f4..a7ef00f421 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2020, 2021 Brice Waegeneire@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 R Veera Kumar@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020, 2021, 2022 Pierre Langlois@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 pinoaffe@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2020 André Batista@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2020, 2023 André Batista@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020, 2021 Alexandru-Sergiu Marton@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 raingloom@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Daniel Brooks@* @@ -5412,6 +5412,25 @@ From there on, @command{guix pull} will fetch code from the @code{super-hacks} branch of the repository at @code{example.org}. The authentication concern is addressed below (@pxref{Channel Authentication}). +Note that you can specify a local directory on the @code{url} field above if +the channel that you intend to use resides on a local file system. However, +in this case @command{guix} checks said directory for ownership before any +further processing. This means that if the user is not the directory owner, +but wants to use it as their default, they will then need to set it as a safe +directory in their global git configuration file. Otherwise, @command{guix} +will refuse to even read it. Supposing your system-wide local directory is at +@code{/src/guix.git}, you would then create a git configuration file at +@code{~/.gitconfig} with the following contents: + +@example +[safe] + directory = /src/guix.git +@end example + +@noindent +This also applies to the root user unless when called with @command{sudo} by +the directory owner. + @node Replicating Guix @section Replicating Guix |