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Re: Using (recursive #t) in (origin git-reference)


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Subject: Re: Using (recursive #t) in (origin git-reference)
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 20:50:39 +0100

John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com> writes:
> This happens enough I feel like it should be explicitly mentioned as a 
> potential
> "gotcha" in the manual, even if one can gleam it from understanding package
> definitions and hashes, if it isn't already. Or maybe a little "tips" section 
> on
> packaging (or in the cookbook) with something like this and related ones like
> idiosyncrasies/conventions in certain language ecosystems. We all accumulate a
> lot of institutional knowledge as we do and pass it along, but better to have 
> it
> properly referenced.

Sounds like an idea.  I definitely think it should go in the manual,
though, as it'll be far more visible there.  (I, personally, have never
read the cookbook in all that much detail...)

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