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Re: [PATCH] doc: clarification for hashing git checkouts
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: [PATCH] doc: clarification for hashing git checkouts |
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Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:16:30 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) |
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 05:54:38PM -0400, Troy Sankey wrote:
> When hashing git checkouts of packages, packagers must first remove the .git
> directory. This commit adds this clarification to the "Invoking guix hash"
> page in the documentation.
Yes! This is one that *everybody* has to ask.
I think it would be better in section '5.1.2 origin reference', because
that is where the origin methods (url-fetch, git-fetch, etc) and the
sha256 field are documented.
In that case, it could go along with explanations of how to calculate
the hash for cvs-download, hg-download, and svn-download.
What do others think?