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Re: [PATCH] doc: clarification for hashing git checkouts
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Pjotr Prins |
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Re: [PATCH] doc: clarification for hashing git checkouts |
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Mon, 11 Jul 2016 02:13:26 +0200 |
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On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 07:16:30PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> 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.
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> Yes! This is one that *everybody* has to ask.
And only now I am understanding a problem ages ago. Would this also be
the reason for git sub-modules not to work? We don't use them, but
sometimes it would be a nice intermediate stage for writing a package
definition.
Pj.