[bug#65866] [PATCH 0/8] Add built-in builder for Git checkouts

[Ludovic Courtès]

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 at 00:28, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> +(define* (git-fetch/built-in ref hash-algo hash
>> +                             #:optional name
>> +                             #:key (system (%current-system)))
>> +  "Return a fixed-output derivation without any dependency that performs a 
>> Git
>> +checkout of REF, using the \"builtin:git-download\" derivation builder."
>
> I do not understand what means “without any dependency” here.

It means the derivation does not depend on anything (it has zero
“sources” and zero “input derivations”).  That’s fundamental here, which
is why I made it explicit.

Ludo’.