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The documentation for --expose and --share parameters are so similar
that the reader has to read both descriptions in parallel to find the
difference.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Merge the two descriptions
into one, making it much easier to see the difference.
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Damien Cassou
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
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From a790162f26a2349039955c70f264822dc00986b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Cassou <damien@cassou.me>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 21:07:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify documentation of guix environment --expose vs.
--share
The documentation for --expose and --share parameters are so similar that the
reader has to read both descriptions in parallel to find the difference.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Merge the two descriptions into
one, making it much easier to see the difference.
---
doc/guix.texi | 19 ++++---------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
Toggle diff (39 lines)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 56cc333fe4..baa128f6f0 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4958,8 +4958,10 @@ shared and will change to the user's home directory within the container
instead. See also @code{--user}.
@item --expose=@var{source}[=@var{target}]
-For containers, expose the file system @var{source} from the host system
-as the read-only file system @var{target} within the container. If
+@item --share=@var{source}[=@var{target}]
+For containers, @code{--expose} (resp. @code{--share}) exposes the file
+system @var{source} from the host system as the read-only
+(resp. writable) file system @var{target} within the container. If
@var{target} is not specified, @var{source} is used as the target mount
point in the container.
@@ -4971,19 +4973,6 @@ directory:
guix environment --container --expose=$HOME=/exchange --ad-hoc guile -- guile
@end example
-@item --share=@var{source}[=@var{target}]
-For containers, share the file system @var{source} from the host system
-as the writable file system @var{target} within the container. If
-@var{target} is not specified, @var{source} is used as the target mount
-point in the container.
-
-The example below spawns a Guile REPL in a container in which the user's
-home directory is accessible for both reading and writing via the
-@file{/exchange} directory:
-
-@example
-guix environment --container --share=$HOME=/exchange --ad-hoc guile -- guile
-@end example
@end table
@command{guix environment}
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