Re: Git-style aliases in Guix?

[Mekeor Melire]

What I really mean to say is, that it'd be a shame, if Guix had a
configuration file like Git which uses this syntax:

    [user]
            name = example
            email = address@hidden
    [alias]
            i = init
            z = stash
            s = status

I mean, all the files Guix reads are written in Scheme (config.scm,
manifest.scm, any package.scm). So, how could it work that Guix was
configured in Scheme?

Is there any way we could make config.scm include a similar data-type as
`operating-system`, maybe called `guix-configuration` or whatever, which
has a field called `aliases`?

I mean, implementing aliases isn't per-se difficult. But I'd love to
have a much broader approach to configure Guix (and Guix' CLI).


Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> 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’.


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