bug#41604: guix pull impossible after rebasing a local repository

[zimoun]

Dear John,

On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 07:04, John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> wrote:

> My problem largely comes from the fact that I specified a branch in 
> channels.scm for over a year with the same workflow. If a branch can be 
> specified for a channel repo then the system probably should handle the 
> current pull commit not being available in the history.

What do you mean?


> The commit history authentication is nice but seems to have regressed this 
> particular use case.

I am not sure that the new history authentication is the issue here.
IMHO, it is just the feature that shows up the flaw with your
workflow. ;-)
>From my understanding, Guix is built around content-addressed
principles (channel, store, etc.) so try to change on the fly the
address of such content would lead to break one way or another, IMHO.


Well, is the issue fixed for you now?


All the best,
simon