02/12: maint: Support `guix shell' in Guix's git archive with manifest.scm.

[guix-commits]

janneke pushed a commit to branch hurd-team
in repository guix.

commit 96ac0eaeee3580d88ba9b59f7a8687594c96ebb4
Author: Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
AuthorDate: Mon Aug 21 20:57:12 2023 +0200

    maint: Support `guix shell' in Guix's git archive with manifest.scm.
    
    * manifest.scm: New file.
    * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
    * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention using it.
---
 Makefile.am           |  1 +
 doc/contributing.texi |  6 ++++++
 manifest.scm          | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 922913355c..8924974e8a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST +=                                               
\
   ROADMAP                                              \
   TODO                                                 \
   bootstrap                                            \
+  manifest.scm                                         \
   build-aux/build-self.scm                             \
   build-aux/check-channel-news.scm                     \
   build-aux/check-final-inputs-self-contained.scm      \
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 156a6cb19e..80cec0634c 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ hack on Guix:
 guix shell -D guix --pure
 @end example
 
+or even, from within a Git worktree for Guix
+
+@example
+guix shell --pure
+@end example
+
 @xref{Invoking guix shell}, for more information on that command.
 
 If you are unable to use Guix when building Guix from a checkout, the
diff --git a/manifest.scm b/manifest.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcd94b68c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2022 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;; GNU Guix development manifest.  To create development environment, run
+;;
+;;     guix shell
+;;
+;; or something like
+;;
+;;     guix shell --pure git git:send-email openssh
+
+(use-modules (guix profiles)
+             (gnu packages package-management))
+
+(package->development-manifest guix)