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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 29cea5cef8..07668e917f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3489,8 +3489,9 @@ content is directly passed as a string. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} local-file @var{file} [@var{name}] @ [#:recursive? #t] Return an object representing local file @var{file} to add to the store; this -object can be used in a gexp. @var{file} will be added to the store under @var{name}--by -default the base name of @var{file}. +object can be used in a gexp. If @var{file} is a relative file name, it is looked +up relative to the source file where this form appears. @var{file} will be added to +the store under @var{name}--by default the base name of @var{file}. When @var{recursive?} is true, the contents of @var{file} are added recursively; if @var{file} designates a flat file and @var{recursive?} is true, its contents are added, and its |