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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index cd8e249ae8..b15a45a977 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -12644,6 +12644,20 @@ $ guix graph --path -t references emacs libunistring /gnu/store/@dots{}-libunistring-0.9.10 @end example +Sometimes you still want to visualize the graph but would like to trim +it so it can actually be displayed. One way to do it is via the +@option{--max-depth} (or @option{-M}) option, which lets you specify the +maximum depth of the graph. In the example below, we visualize only +@code{libreoffice} and the nodes whose distance to @code{libreoffice} is +at most 2: + +@example +guix graph -M 2 libreoffice | xdot -f fdp - +@end example + +Mind you, that's still a big ball of spaghetti, but at least +@command{dot} can render it quickly and it can be browsed somewhat. + The available options are the following: @table @option |