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author | zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> | 2021-11-18 01:20:22 +0100 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-12-17 17:29:34 +0100 |
commit | 05c962594c346da21f201be72caadfa19060cc9d (patch) | |
tree | 617a2d4f3e992d8fbd6f99cd018c3b51acc20ec3 /doc/guix.texi | |
parent | 6e08f07f2032cd85cd67beadf7a91b5c26d0619d (diff) |
guix hash: Add 'serializer' option.
* guix/scripts/hash.scm (%options): Deprecate 'recursive', add 'serializer'.
(%default-options): Add 'serializer'.
(nar-hash): New procedure.
(default-hash): New procedure.
(guix-hash)[file-hash]: Use them.
(show-help): Adjust.
* tests/guix-hash.scm: Adjust.
* doc/guix.texi: Update.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f531985ee7..7f579f81d4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Kyle Andrews@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Alex Griffin@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020, 2021 Guillaume Le Vaillant@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Liliana Marie Prikler@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020 Simon Tournier@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020, 2021 Simon Tournier@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Wiktor Żelazny@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Damien Cassou@* Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jakub Kądziołka@* @@ -11751,14 +11751,21 @@ in the definitions of packages. @item --recursive @itemx -r -Compute the hash on @var{file} recursively. - -In this case, the hash is computed on an archive containing @var{file}, -including its children if it is a directory. Some of the metadata of -@var{file} is part of the archive; for instance, when @var{file} is a -regular file, the hash is different depending on whether @var{file} is -executable or not. Metadata such as time stamps has no impact on the -hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). +This option is deprecated in favor of @option{--serializer}. It is a +legacy alias for @var{type} sets to @code{nar}. + +@item --serializer=@var{type} +@itemx -S +Compute the hash on @var{file} using @var{type} serialization. + +Supported types: @code{none} and @code{nar}. + +When using @code{nar}, the hash is computed on an archive containing +@var{file}, including its children if it is a directory. Some of the +metadata of @var{file} is part of the archive; for instance, when +@var{file} is a regular file, the hash is different depending on whether +@var{file} is executable or not. Metadata such as time stamps has no +impact on the hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). @c FIXME: Replace xref above with xref to an ``Archive'' section when @c it exists. |