[bug#63647] [PATCH 0/2] Fix annoyance with "guix import go"

[Ludovic Courtès]

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> * guix/import/go.scm (git-checkout-hash): Catch Git error.

[...]

> +  (catch 'git-error
> +    (lambda _
> +      (let-values (((checkout commit _)
> +                    (parameterize ((%repository-cache-directory cache))
> +                      (update-cached-checkout url
> +                                              #:ref
> +                                              `(tag-or-commit . 
> ,reference)))))
> +        (file-hash* checkout #:algorithm algorithm #:recursive? #true)))
> +    (lambda (key error . rest)
> +      (warning (G_ "Git error: ~a in ~a~%") (git-error-message error) url)
> +      (nix-base32-string->bytevector
> +       "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"))))

I’d rather let the exception through.  How about adding
‘with-git-error-handling’ at the UI level, in (guix scripts import go)?

Thanks,
Ludo’.