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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/build.scm | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 53c133804d..69b6985051 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7289,7 +7289,8 @@ care! Build @var{package} from the latest commit of @var{branch}. The @code{source} field of @var{package} must be an origin with the @code{git-fetch} method (@pxref{origin Reference}) or a @code{git-checkout} object; the repository URL -is taken from that @code{source}. +is taken from that @code{source}. Git sub-modules of the repository are +fetched, recursively. For instance, the following command builds @code{guile-sqlite3} from the latest commit of its @code{master} branch, and then builds @code{guix} (which diff --git a/guix/scripts/build.scm b/guix/scripts/build.scm index 5a158799ae..fb7e04904d 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/build.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/build.scm @@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ strings like \"guile-next=stable-3.0\" meaning that packages are built using (package (inherit old) (version (string-append "git." branch)) - (source (git-checkout (url url) (branch branch))))) + (source (git-checkout (url url) (branch branch) + (recursive? #t))))) (let* ((replacements (evaluate-git-replacement-specs replacement-specs replace)) |