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guix build guile --with-source=../guile-2.0.9.219-e1bb7.tar.xz
@end example
+@dots{} or to build from a checkout in a pristine environment:
+
+@example
+$ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guix.git
+$ guix build guix --with-source=./guix
+@end example
+
@item --no-grafts
Do not ``graft'' packages. In practice, this means that package updates
available as grafts are not applied. @xref{Security Updates}, for more