@@ -35865,9 +35865,8 @@
such as @file{~/.bashrc} found in your home directory and copies them to
the given directory, @file{~/src/guix-config} in this case; it also
reads the contents of your profile, @file{~/.guix-profile}, and, based
-on that, it outputs a Home configuration that resembles your current
-configuration. You can dump that configuration to a file and you're
-ready to go!
+on that, it populates @file{~/src/guix-config/home-configuration.scm}
+with a Home configuration that resembles your current configuration.
A simple setup can include Bash and a custom text configuration, like in
the example below. Don't be afraid to declare home environment parts,
@@ -36537,33 +36536,14 @@
@item import
Generate a @dfn{home environment} from the packages in the default
profile and configuration files found in the user's home directory. The
-configuration files will be copied to the specified directory. Note
-that not every home service that exists is supported (@pxref{Home
-Services}).
+configuration files will be copied to the specified directory, and a
+@file{home-configuration.scm} will be populated with the home
+environment. Note that not every home service that exists is supported
+(@pxref{Home Services}).
@example
$ guix home import ~/guix-config
-;; This "home-environment" file can be passed to 'guix home reconfigure'
-;; to reproduce the content of your profile. This is "symbolic": it only
-;; specifies package names. To reproduce the exact same profile, you also
-;; need to capture the channels being used, as returned by "guix describe".
-;; See the "Replicating Guix" section in the manual.
-
-(use-modules
- (gnu home)
- (gnu packages)
- (gnu home services shells))
-
-(home-environment
- (packages
- (map specification->package
- (list "glibc-locales" "nss-certs" "nss")))
- (services
- (list (service
- home-bash-service-type
- (home-bash-configuration
- (bashrc
- (list (local-file "/home/charlie/guix-config/.bashrc"))))))))
+/home/alice/guix-config has been populated with all the configuration files of your home environment. Run 'guix home reconfigure /home/alice/guix-config/home-configuration.scm' to make it take effect.
@end example
@end table
@@ -274,7 +274,12 @@ (define-syntax-rule (with-store* store exp ...)
(_ (leave (G_ "wrong number of arguments~%"))))))
(unless (file-exists? destination)
(mkdir-p destination))
- (import-manifest manifest destination (current-output-port))))
+ (call-with-output-file
+ (string-append destination "/home-configuration.scm")
+ (cut import-manifest manifest destination <>))
+ (format #t (G_ "~a/ has been populated with all the configuration files \
+of your home environment. Run 'guix home reconfigure ~a/home-configuration.scm' \
+to make it take effect.") destination destination)))
((describe)
(match (generation-number %guix-home)
(0