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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 512b3ae9ce..69129d5835 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5997,6 +5997,21 @@ The @code{--container} option requires Linux-libre 3.19 or newer. The available options are summarized below. @table @code +@item --root=@var{file} +@itemx -r @var{file} +@cindex persistent environment +@cindex garbage collector root, for environments +Make @var{file} a symlink to the profile for this environment, and +register it as a garbage collector root. + +This is useful if you want to protect your environment from garbage +collection, to make it ``persistent''. + +When this option is omitted, the environment is protected from garbage +collection only for the duration of the @command{guix environment} +session. This means that next time you recreate the same environment, +you could have to rebuild or re-download packages. + @item --expression=@var{expr} @itemx -e @var{expr} Create an environment for the package or list of packages that |