Re: Building from a local source code checkout

[Ludovic Courtès]

Konrad Hinsen <address@hidden> skribis:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> I agree the matching-name constraint can be annoying.  The alternative
>> would be allow the user to (optionally?) specify the name of the package
>> whose source is being changed, as in:
>>
>>   guix build python-activepapers \
>>     --with-source=python-activepapers=$HOME/Dev/AP
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Looks much clearer to me. But, as you say, this could well be optional
> if we can live with an ambiguity in the rare case of filenames containg
> an equal sign.

I’ve implemented it here:

  
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=3e30cdf1c35ebeb52630ec19b3b43b9e6d5ffb81

You no longer need to rename your source directory.  :-)

Ludo’.