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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 68abb968b0..d1c6acddcf 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5558,6 +5558,12 @@ they should be defined in @file{.bash_profile}, which is sourced only by log-in shells. @xref{Bash Startup Files,,, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}, for details on Bash start-up files.}. +Exiting from a Guix environment is the same as exiting from the shell, +and will place the user back in the old environment before @command{guix +environment} was invoked. The next garbage collection (@pxref{Invoking +guix gc}) will clean up packages that were installed from within the +environment and are no longer used outside of it. + @vindex GUIX_ENVIRONMENT @command{guix environment} defines the @env{GUIX_ENVIRONMENT} variable in the shell it spawns; its value is the file name of the |