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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 34f6810f34..ce011959ad 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1958,6 +1958,19 @@ If the @option{--format} option is not specified, @command{guix hash} will output the hash in @code{nix-base32}. This representation is used in the definitions of packages. +@item --recursive +@itemx -r +Compute the hash on @var{file} recursively. + +In this case, the hash is computed on an archive containing @var{file}, +including its children if it is a directory. Some of @var{file}'s +meta-data is part of the archive; for instance, when @var{file} is a +regular file, the hash is different depending on whether @var{file} is +executable or not. Meta-data such as time stamps has no impact on the +hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). +@c FIXME: Replace xref above with xref to an ``Archive'' section when +@c it exists. + @end table @node Invoking guix refresh |