From 1dc3825e9940de44c1f170add7bd26d61830ce34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marius Bakke Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 00:21:51 +0200 Subject: git: 'resolve-reference' handles 'git describe'-style commit IDs. * guix/git.scm (resolve-reference): Rewrite tag-or-commit case to recognize 'git describe' style identifiers and resolve them as commits. * doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): Mention it. --- doc/guix.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 29246ad4e5..f88967b593 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Carlo Zancanaro@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2021 Christine Lemmer-Webber@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Marius Bakke@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Marius Bakke@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019, 2020 Hartmut Goebel@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Maxim Cournoyer@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice@* @@ -7010,9 +7010,10 @@ retrieve. The URL of the Git repository to clone. @item @code{commit} -This string denotes either the commit to fetch (a hexadecimal string, -either the full SHA1 commit or a ``short'' commit string; the latter is -not recommended) or the tag to fetch. +This string denotes either the commit to fetch (a hexadecimal string), +or the tag to fetch. You can also use a ``short'' commit ID or a +@command{git describe} style identifier such as +@code{v1.0.1-10-g58d7909c97}. @item @code{recursive?} (default: @code{#f}) This Boolean indicates whether to recursively fetch Git sub-modules. -- cgit 1.4.1