Re: Git-style aliases in Guix?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mekeor Melire <address@hidden> skribis:

> So, `operating-system` let's you declare an operating system. What if
> there was a Scheme function called `guix` or so which allowed you to
> configure Guix itself?
>
> Then, defining Guix aliases could look as follows; maybe saved in a file
> called guix.scm:
>
>       (guix
>         (aliases '(
>           ("p" . "package")
>           ("s" . "package -s")
>           ("m" . "package -m"))))
>
> And similar to `operating-system`, there would be many other
> configuration fields...

I think that would be pretty cool.

There’ve been discussions in the past about adding aliases:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00325.html

Ludo’.