Re: [PATCH] doc: Add footnote about pointing ~/.config/guix/latest at user's checkout

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>
>> You can create a link “~/.config/guix/latest” pointing to, say,
>> “~/dev/guix” (if that’s the directory holding the cloned repository).
>>
>> When you update with “git pull” you’ll only have to download recent
>> changes, not the whole Guix code.
>
> This is a nice feature that few people know about.  I figured it might
> be nice to document it.  Here's a patch that attempts to do so!

> From 96a7b39ae17f5628bdebec95630af722e1b11561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:52:18 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add footnote about pointing ~/.config/guix/latest at
>  user's checkout

> * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): New footnote.
> ---
>  doc/contributing.texi | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

> diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
> index 3dbd3db..2e13ee3 100644
> --- a/doc/contributing.texi
> +++ b/doc/contributing.texi
> @@ -140,7 +140,13 @@ necessary to support this, including @env{PATH} and 
> @env{GUILE_LOAD_PATH}.
>  Note that @command{./pre-inst-env guix pull} does @emph{not} upgrade the
>  local source tree; it simply updates the @file{~/.config/guix/latest}
>  symlink (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}).  Run @command{git pull} instead if
> -you want to upgrade your local source tree.
> +you want to upgrade your local source address@hidden you would like
> +to set up @command{guix} to use your git checkout, you can point the
> address@hidden/.config/guix/latest} symlink to your git checkout directory.
> +If you are the sole user of your system, you may also consider pointing
> +the @file{/root/.config/guix/latest} symlink to point to
> address@hidden/.config/guix/latest}; this way it will always use the same
> address@hidden your user does.}

In the last sentence, do you miss an “as”?

  “this way it will always use the same @command{guix} [as] your user
  does.”

Otherwise looks good to me.  Thanks!

~~ Ricardo