From 024a6bfba906742c136a47b4099f06880f1d3f15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 09:29:39 +0100 Subject: guix build: '--with-branch' & co. fetch submodules. * guix/scripts/build.scm (transform-package-source-branch)[replace]: Add 'recursive?' field to the new package. --- doc/guix.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 53c133804d..69b6985051 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7289,7 +7289,8 @@ care! Build @var{package} from the latest commit of @var{branch}. The @code{source} field of @var{package} must be an origin with the @code{git-fetch} method (@pxref{origin Reference}) or a @code{git-checkout} object; the repository URL -is taken from that @code{source}. +is taken from that @code{source}. Git sub-modules of the repository are +fetched, recursively. For instance, the following command builds @code{guile-sqlite3} from the latest commit of its @code{master} branch, and then builds @code{guix} (which -- cgit v1.2.3