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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 72f5ce1e0e..9f97788c0b 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -959,17 +959,11 @@ If you do not use Emacs, please make sure to let your editor knows these rules. To automatically indent a package definition, you can also run: @example -./etc/indent-code.el gnu/packages/@var{file}.scm @var{package} +./pre-inst-env guix style @var{package} @end example @noindent -This automatically indents the definition of @var{package} in -@file{gnu/packages/@var{file}.scm} by running Emacs in batch mode. To -indent a whole file, omit the second argument: - -@example -./etc/indent-code.el gnu/services/@var{file}.scm -@end example +@xref{Invoking guix style}, for more information. @cindex Vim, Scheme code editing If you are editing code with Vim, we recommend that you run @code{:set @@ -1039,6 +1033,10 @@ name of the new or modified package, and fix any errors it reports (@pxref{Invoking guix lint}). @item +Run @code{guix style @var{package}} to format the new package definition +according to the project's conventions (@pxref{Invoking guix style}). + +@item Make sure the package builds on your platform, using @code{guix build @var{package}}. @@ -1175,8 +1173,8 @@ Examples of unrelated changes include the addition of several packages, or a package update along with fixes to that package. @item -Please follow our code formatting rules, possibly running the -@command{etc/indent-code.el} script to do that automatically for you +Please follow our code formatting rules, possibly running +@command{guix style} script to do that automatically for you (@pxref{Formatting Code}). @item |