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authorzimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>2020-01-15 18:00:04 +0100
committerPierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>2020-01-16 15:27:24 +0100
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edit: Add '--load-path' option.
* guix/scripts/edit.scm (%option): Add '--load-path' option. * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
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@@ -8706,6 +8706,10 @@ have created your own packages on @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}
recipes. In other cases, you will be able to examine the read-only recipes
for packages currently in the store.
+Instead of @code{GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}, the command-line option
+@code{--load-path=@var{directory}} (or in short @code{-L
+@var{directory}}) allows you to add @var{directory} to the front of the
+package module search path and so make your own packages visible.
@node Invoking guix download
@section Invoking @command{guix download}