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+# GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+# Copyright © 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Guix.
+#
+# GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#
+# Test 'guix describe'.
+#
+
+guix describe --version
+
+tmpfile="t-guix-describe-$$"
+trap "rm -f $tmpfile" EXIT
+rm -f "$tmpfile"
+
+if [ -d "$abs_top_srcdir/.git" ]
+then
+    # Since we're in a Git checkout, we can at least check that these things
+    # work.
+    guix describe | grep -i "checkout"
+    if git --version > /dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+	result="`guix describe | grep commit: | cut -d : -f 2-`"
+	commit="`git log | head -1 | cut -c 7-`"
+	test "x$result" = "x$commit"
+    fi
+    guix describe -f channels
+    case "`guix describe -f channels | grep url`" in
+	*"(url \"$abs_top_srcdir\")") true;;
+	*) false;;
+    esac
+else
+    exit 77
+fi