The info manual documents ‘--insert=FILE’, but it wasn't actually supported.
* guix/scripts/import.scm (show-help): Add missing ‘FILE’.
(guix-import): Accept ‘--insert=FILE’.
Change-Id: I540d5feae3fe49c00e9bd6f7a8649ffe0d6e006d
---
guix/scripts/import.scm | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ (define (show-help)
(display (G_ "
-h, --help display this help and exit"))
(display (G_ "
- -i, --insert insert packages into file alphabetically"))
+ -i, --insert=FILE insert packages into FILE alphabetically"))
(display (G_ "
-V, --version display version information and exit"))
(newline)
@@ -106,7 +106,18 @@ (define-command (guix-import . args)
(category packaging)
(synopsis "import a package definition from an external repository")
- (match args
+ (define (process-args args)
+ (match args
+ ;; Workaround to accpet ‘--insert=FILE’, for the consistency of
+ ;; command-line interface.
+ ((arg . rest)
+ (if (string-prefix? "--insert=" arg)
+ (append (string-split arg #\=)
+ rest)
+ args))
+ (_ args)))
+
+ (match (process-args args)
(()
(format (current-error-port)
(G_ "guix import: missing importer name~%")))