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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 22215214e0..066971b995 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -36509,6 +36509,38 @@ generations that are up to 10 days old: $ guix home list-generations 10d @end example +@item import +Generate a @dfn{home environment} from the packages in the default +profile and configuration files found in the user's home directory. The +configuration files will be copied to the specified directory. Note +that not every home service that exists is supported (@pxref{Home +Services}). + +@example +$ guix home import ~/guix-config +;; This "home-environment" file can be passed to 'guix home reconfigure' +;; to reproduce the content of your profile. This is "symbolic": it only +;; specifies package names. To reproduce the exact same profile, you also +;; need to capture the channels being used, as returned by "guix describe". +;; See the "Replicating Guix" section in the manual. + +(use-modules + (gnu home) + (gnu packages) + (gnu home services shells)) + +(home-environment + (packages + (map specification->package + (list "glibc-locales" "nss-certs" "nss"))) + (services + (list (service + home-bash-service-type + (home-bash-configuration + (bashrc + (list (local-file "/home/charlie/guix-config/.bashrc")))))))) +@end example + @end table @var{options} can contain any of the common build options (@pxref{Common |