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* doc: Mention how to use emacs-debbugs.Arun Isaac2017-08-191-0/+10
| | | | * HACKING (Using emacs-debbugs): Add section on using emacs-debbugs.
* maint: Give command to install the pre-push hook.Ludovic Courtès2017-03-271-3/+4
| | | | * HACKING: Add 'cp' line to install the pre-push hook.
* maint: Mention the Signed-off-by line in 'HACKING'.Clément Lassieur2017-03-241-0/+4
| | | | * HACKING: Mention the Signed-off-by line.
* maint: Mention guix-patches@gnu.org in 'HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2017-03-151-4/+6
| | | | | | Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25899>. * HACKING: Mention guix-patches@gnu.org.
* maint: Fix invalid calls to 'info'.Mathieu Lirzin2017-01-301-2/+2
| | | | | * HACKING <Contributing>: Remove name of the manual from the item argument. * README <Installation>: Likewise.
* doc: Add a Git hook that verifies signatures before pushing.Leo Famulari2017-01-041-0/+5
| | | | | * HACKING (Commit Access): Describe the pre-push Git hook. * etc/git/pre-push: New file.
* doc: Explain how to set up Git for signing.Ludovic Courtès2016-07-241-4/+8
| | | | | * HACKING (Commit Access): Give instructions on how to set up Git for signing.
* doc: Mention commit signatures in HACKING.Leo Famulari2016-07-141-0/+4
| | | | * HACKING: Mention commit signatures.
* doc: Move most 'HACKING' informations into the manual.Mathieu Lirzin2015-06-141-127/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | * HACKING (Contributing): New section. (Building from Git, The Perfect Setup, Coding Style, Submitting Patches): Move to ... * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Likewise. * doc/contributing.texi: ... here. New file. * doc.am (EXTRA_DIST): Use it. * README (Installation): Adapt to it. * configure.ac (DOT): Likewise.
* doc: Add 'help2man' to HACKING.Alex Kost2015-06-101-0/+1
| | | | * HACKING: Mention 'help2man'.
* doc: Add "Running Guix Before It Is Installed".Ludovic Courtès2015-05-231-12/+2
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): New node. (Packaging Guidelines): Refer to it.
* doc: Remove reference to git submodules in HACKING.Mark H Weaver2015-02-261-6/+0
| | | | * HACKING: Remove mention of git submodules.
* doc: Mention 'guix lint' and '--list-dependent' in 'HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2014-09-031-0/+7
| | | | | * HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'guix lint' and 'guix refresh --list-dependent'.
* doc: Mention upgrades that trigger a lot of rebuilds.Ludovic Courtès2014-05-111-1/+2
| | | | * HACKING (Commit Access): Mention upgrades that trigger a lot rebuilds.
* doc: Update packaging guidelines.Pierre-Antoine Rault2014-03-101-2/+7
| | | | | | | | | * HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'git send-mail'. * doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): More details on how to prepare a package module. (Contributing): Add reference to #guix channel on Freenode. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Adjust "Building from Git" instructions.Ludovic Courtès2013-12-071-2/+4
| | | | | | * HACKING (Building from Git): As a follow-up to ff1cbb9, update the error reported when pkg.m4 is missing. Suggested by John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>.
* doc: Add "Data Types and Pattern Matching" to the Coding Style.Ludovic Courtès2013-09-071-0/+12
| | | | * HACKING (Data Types and Pattern Matching): New section.
* doc: Add note about .dir-locals.el.Ludovic Courtès2013-08-301-3/+8
| | | | | * HACKING (Coding Style): Mention special indentation rules and .dir-locals.el.
* doc: Add a "Coding Style" section in 'HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2013-08-301-0/+34
| | | | * HACKING (Coding Style): New section.
* doc: Remove "Adding new packages" from `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2013-08-301-44/+0
| | | | * HACKING (Adding new packages): Remove since it's now in the manual.
* doc: Change `HACKING' to refer to guix-devel@gnu.org.Ludovic Courtès2013-08-261-4/+4
| | | | | | Reported by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>. * HACKING: Replace "bug-guix" by "guix-devel".
* doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.Ludovic Courtès2013-07-191-13/+16
| | | | | | | | * README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs. Remove mentions of building from Git. (Installation): Refer to the manual. * HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git. Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
* doc: Add "Building from Git" to 'HACKING'.Nikita Karetnikov2013-07-131-0/+35
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* doc: Move the packaging guidelines to the manual.Ludovic Courtès2013-07-071-10/+0
| | | | | * HACKING (Packaging Guidelines): Remove. * doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): New node.
* doc: Add a "Porting" section.Ludovic Courtès2013-07-071-91/+0
| | | | | | * HACKING (Porting the Guix distro on a new platform): Remove. * doc/guix.texi (Porting): New node. Describe cross-compilation as the only approach.
* doc: Mention copyright/license auditing in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2013-06-101-4/+5
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* doc: Update bootstrap-related info in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2013-06-091-4/+4
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* doc: Write about patch submission and packaging guidelines.Ludovic Courtès2013-06-041-32/+48
| | | | | | * HACKING: Update the command names from `guix-build' to `guix build' & co. (Submitting Patches, Packaging Guidelines): New sections. * doc/guix.texi (Contributing): New section.
* doc: Add the commit policy to HACKING.Ludovic Courtès2013-02-121-0/+26
| | | | * HACKING (Commit Access): New section.
* doc: Add "The Perfect Setup" in 'HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2013-01-221-0/+17
| | | | * HACKING (The Perfect Setup): New section.
* Update 'HACKING'.Nikita Karetnikov2013-01-211-2/+2
| | | | * HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update the example.
* Update `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2013-01-181-3/+17
| | | | | | * HACKING: Capitalize the title. (Running Guix before it is installed): New section. (Adding new packages): Update example.
* doc: Update porting instructions in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2013-01-081-23/+6
| | | | | * HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update instructions.
* doc: Document basic package definitions.Ludovic Courtès2012-11-211-2/+2
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add introduction. (Defining Packages): Populate.
* Turn Guix into "GNU Guix".Ludovic Courtès2012-11-181-1/+1
| | | | | | | | * configure.ac: Change package name to "GNU Guix", and bug-report address to `gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org'. * doc/guix.texi: Replace "Guix" by "GNU Guix" in some places. (Top, Introduction): Mention "for the GNU system". * HACKING, README: Use "GNU Guix" instead of "Guix" in some places.
* distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap).Ludovic Courtès2012-11-041-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * distro/packages/base.scm (glibc-dynamic-linker, %bootstrap-guile, bootstrap-origin, package-from-tarball, %bootstrap-base-url, %bootstrap-coreutils&co, %bootstrap-binutils, %bootstrap-glibc, %bootstrap-gcc, %bootstrap-inputs, package-with-bootstrap-guile): Move to ... * distro/packages/bootstrap.scm: ... here. New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * tests/builders.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap). (%bootstrap-guile): Remove. * tests/packages.scm: Likewise. * tests/union.scm: Likewise, and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-inputs. * tests/derivations.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap) and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-coreutils&co. * HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update accordingly.
* doc: Add "Adding new packages" in `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2012-11-041-0/+44
| | | | * HACKING (Adding new packages): New section.
* doc: Add `HACKING'.Ludovic Courtès2012-10-251-0/+119
* HACKING: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.