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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 158261e373..59ceb4477a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -35933,9 +35933,8 @@ The @command{guix home import} command reads some of the ``dot files'' such as @file{~/.bashrc} found in your home directory and copies them to the given directory, @file{~/src/guix-config} in this case; it also reads the contents of your profile, @file{~/.guix-profile}, and, based -on that, it outputs a Home configuration that resembles your current -configuration. You can dump that configuration to a file and you're -ready to go! +on that, it populates @file{~/src/guix-config/home-configuration.scm} +with a Home configuration that resembles your current configuration. A simple setup can include Bash and a custom text configuration, like in the example below. Don't be afraid to declare home environment parts, @@ -36667,33 +36666,14 @@ $ guix home list-generations 10d @item import Generate a @dfn{home environment} from the packages in the default profile and configuration files found in the user's home directory. The -configuration files will be copied to the specified directory. Note -that not every home service that exists is supported (@pxref{Home -Services}). +configuration files will be copied to the specified directory, and a +@file{home-configuration.scm} will be populated with the home +environment. Note that not every home service that exists is supported +(@pxref{Home Services}). @example $ guix home import ~/guix-config -;; This "home-environment" file can be passed to 'guix home reconfigure' -;; to reproduce the content of your profile. This is "symbolic": it only -;; specifies package names. To reproduce the exact same profile, you also -;; need to capture the channels being used, as returned by "guix describe". -;; See the "Replicating Guix" section in the manual. - -(use-modules - (gnu home) - (gnu packages) - (gnu home services shells)) - -(home-environment - (packages - (map specification->package - (list "glibc-locales" "nss-certs" "nss"))) - (services - (list (service - home-bash-service-type - (home-bash-configuration - (bashrc - (list (local-file "/home/charlie/guix-config/.bashrc")))))))) +guix home: '/home/alice/guix-config' populated with all the Home configuration files @end example @end table |