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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 67ece1d23f..4b55473c93 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2669,6 +2669,7 @@ Examples include: download a file from the HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL specified in the @code{uri} field; +@vindex git-fetch @item @var{git-fetch} from @code{(guix git-download)} clone the Git version control repository, and check out the revision specified in the @code{uri} field as a @code{git-reference} object; a @@ -2686,6 +2687,10 @@ A bytevector containing the SHA-256 hash of the source. Typically the @code{base32} form is used here to generate the bytevector from a base-32 string. +You can obtain this information using @code{guix download} +(@pxref{Invoking guix download}) or @code{guix hash} (@pxref{Invoking +guix hash}). + @item @code{file-name} (default: @code{#f}) The file name under which the source code should be saved. When this is @code{#f}, a sensible default value will be used in most cases. In case @@ -4569,6 +4574,17 @@ hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). @c FIXME: Replace xref above with xref to an ``Archive'' section when @c it exists. +@vindex git-fetch +As an example, here is how you would compute the hash of a Git checkout, +which is useful when using the @code{git-fetch} method (@pxref{origin +Reference}): + +@example +$ git clone http://example.org/foo.git +$ cd foo +$ rm -rf .git +$ guix hash -r . +@end example @end table @node Invoking guix import |