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Re: Reorganizing guix package commands


From: Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
Subject: Re: Reorganizing guix package commands
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:29:25 +0200
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address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

>> Maybe instead of --list-generations and others, these options should
>> transform into subcommands (list-generations) of "guix profile".
>
> I agree.  But what should we do of transactions?

I'd like to re-propose the use of '--' to delineate the end of arguments
to a sub-command.  E.g.:

  guix install foo bar -- remove baz bat

(Leaving aside whether it's 'guix install', 'guix package install',
'guix profile add', or anything else.)

Taylan



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