Hi Robert,
Robert Vollmert writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I realize this isn’t generally an aim for guix proper, but I’d like
> to be able to build a package from a local git repository (or
> optionally from a local tar ball). In my specific case, it’s while
> working out the packaging of a project I intend to publish but
> haven’t published yet.
>
> What I have working so far uses local-file, as below:
>
> (define-public puzzledb-tools
> (package
> (name "puzzledb-tools")
> (version "20190625-git")
> (source
> (local-file
> "/home/rob/puzzledb/tools"
> #:recursive? #t))
> …
>
> That’s a bit annoying because it includes stale files that happen
> to be in the directory, it doesn’t check the hash, etc. Using a
> git origin with a local path doesn’t work for reasons I don’t
> completely understand — I think it’s because the guix-daemon builds
> in a namespace without access to the local filesystem. Perhaps there’s
> a way to link the git repository into that namespace?
>
> Any hints appreciated!
If you're running the Guix system, you can setup a local git daemon that
serves your user's repos. Here's what I have in my config:
```
(git-daemon-service
#:config (git-daemon-configuration
(export-all? #t)
(user-path ""))) ;; To allow access to '~rob/puzzledb/tools'
```
And then I /think/ you should be able to do something like:
```
(origin
(method git-fetch)
(uri (git-reference
(url "git://localhost/~rob/puzzledb/tools")
(commit "<hash>")))
(sha256
(base32
"<hash>")))
```
Note that's off the top of my head, I personally use this publish
channels in my local network rather than package sources, but I can't
think why this wouldn't work too!
Pierre
