From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: 64746@debbugs.gnu.org, maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com
Cc: "Simon Tournier" <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>,
"Christopher Baines" <mail@cbaines.net>,
"Josselin Poiret" <dev@jpoiret.xyz>,
"Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>,
"Mathieu Othacehe" <othacehe@gnu.org>,
"Ricardo Wurmus" <rekado@elephly.net>,
"Simon Tournier" <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>,
"Tobias Geerinckx-Rice" <me@tobias.gr>
Subject: [bug#64746] [PATCH 2/2] scripts: time-machine: Error when attempting to visit too old commits.
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:34:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a058a4de3330a6f9cf41456e0781c3865dff0553.1689823648.git.maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1689823648.git.maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix time-machine): Document limitation.
* guix/scripts/time-machine.scm (%oldest-possible-commit): New variable.
(guix-time-machine): Raise an error when the channel commit is too old.
Suggested-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
---
doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++++
guix/scripts/time-machine.scm | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 1d8ebcd72f..30fef813c0 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -5056,6 +5056,12 @@ Invoking guix time-machine
large number of packages; the result is cached though and subsequent
commands targeting the same commit are almost instantaneous.
+Due to @command{guix time-machine} relying on the ``inferiors''
+mechanism (@pxref{Inferiors}), the oldest commit it can travel to is
+commit @samp{2ca299caf} (``Add (guix inferior) and (guix scripts
+repl).''), dated July 10@sup{th}, 2018. An error is returned when
+attempting to navigate to older commits.
+
@quotation Note
The history of Guix is immutable and @command{guix time-machine}
provides the exact same software as they are in a specific Guix
diff --git a/guix/scripts/time-machine.scm b/guix/scripts/time-machine.scm
index d7c71ef705..36a40a1538 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/time-machine.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/time-machine.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2019 Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2023 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -19,13 +20,15 @@
;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
(define-module (guix scripts time-machine)
+ #:use-module (guix channels)
+ #:use-module (guix diagnostics)
#:use-module (guix ui)
#:use-module (guix scripts)
#:use-module (guix inferior)
#:use-module (guix store)
#:use-module (guix status)
#:use-module ((guix git)
- #:select (with-git-error-handling))
+ #:select (update-cached-checkout with-git-error-handling))
#:use-module ((guix utils)
#:select (%current-system))
#:use-module ((guix scripts pull)
@@ -38,9 +41,16 @@ (define-module (guix scripts time-machine)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-37)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-71)
#:export (guix-time-machine))
+;;; The commit introducing the 'inferiors' mechanism; it is the oldest commit
+;;; that can be travelled to.
+(define %oldest-possible-commit
+ "2ca299caf64489f4e1e665ec1158fb0309b0b565")
+
\f
;;;
;;; Command-line options.
@@ -139,9 +149,20 @@ (define-command (guix-time-machine . args)
(with-git-error-handling
(let* ((opts (parse-args args))
(channels (channel-list opts))
+ (guix-channel (find guix-channel? channels))
(command-line (assoc-ref opts 'exec))
+ (ref (assoc-ref opts 'ref))
+ (checkout commit relation (update-cached-checkout
+ (channel-url guix-channel)
+ #:ref (or ref '())
+ #:starting-commit
+ %oldest-possible-commit))
(substitutes? (assoc-ref opts 'substitutes?))
(authenticate? (assoc-ref opts 'authenticate-channels?)))
+ (unless (memq relation '(ancestor self))
+ (raise (formatted-message
+ (G_ "cannot travel past commit `~a' from July 10th, 2018")
+ (string-take %oldest-possible-commit 12))))
(when command-line
(let* ((directory
(with-store store
--
2.41.0
next parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-20 16:35 UTC|newest]
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2023-07-20 16:34 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2023-07-22 2:00 ` [bug#64746] [PATCH 2/2] scripts: time-machine: Error when attempting to visit too old commits Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-08 15:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-10 14:47 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-10 16:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-11 7:19 ` Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
2023-08-12 20:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-15 18:57 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-15 16:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-16 14:46 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-16 18:41 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-17 14:06 ` [bug#65352] Fix time-machine and network Simon Tournier
2023-08-17 14:09 ` [bug#65352] [PATCH 1/2] guix: git: Fix the procedure reference-available? Simon Tournier
2023-08-17 14:09 ` [bug#65352] [PATCH 2/2] scripts: pull: Remove unused reference pair Simon Tournier
2023-08-17 15:41 ` [bug#65352] Fix time-machine and network Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-17 16:08 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-23 2:56 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-23 8:32 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-23 20:25 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-21 14:00 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-21 15:58 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-22 16:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-23 2:14 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-21 13:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-04 8:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-04 11:34 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-05 20:33 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-05 20:48 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-04 9:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-04 17:37 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-06 0:22 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-05 20:39 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-05 20:56 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-06 2:39 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-05 13:24 ` bug#65352: " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-05 13:43 ` [bug#65352] " Simon Tournier
2023-09-06 0:04 ` bug#65352: " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-06 0:58 ` [bug#65352] " Simon Tournier
2023-09-06 2:00 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-07 11:15 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-06 10:32 ` [bug#65352] time-machine, unavailable network or Savannah down Simon Tournier
2023-09-06 14:17 ` [bug#65352] [PATCH v2] DRAFT git: Avoid touching the network unless needed in 'reference-available?' Simon Tournier
2023-09-13 20:16 ` [bug#65352] Fix time-machine and network Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-13 0:32 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-14 8:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-14 9:04 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-14 9:42 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-22 13:54 ` bug#65352: " Simon Tournier
2023-09-25 9:32 ` [bug#65352] " Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-25 9:57 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-25 11:21 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-25 15:01 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-25 15:58 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-06 17:41 ` [bug#65352] time-machine, unavailable network or Savannah down Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-06 23:21 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-15 19:44 ` [bug#64746] [PATCH v2 1/3] git: Clarify commit relation reference in doc Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-15 19:44 ` [bug#64746] [PATCH v2 2/3] pull: Tag commit argument with 'tag-or-commit Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-16 15:02 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-16 18:47 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-17 14:45 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-17 18:16 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-17 18:47 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-23 2:54 ` [bug#64746] [PATCH 2/2] scripts: time-machine: Error when attempting to visit too old commits Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-23 8:27 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-15 19:44 ` [bug#64746] [PATCH v2 3/3] " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-16 15:39 ` Simon Tournier
2023-08-17 1:41 ` bug#64746: " Maxim Cournoyer
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