bug#22981: guix-edit does not find git checkout directory

[myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès (2016-03-14 01:01 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com> skribis:
>>>
>>>> Guix is "stateful" because, to use a git checkout, I have to set "state"
>>>> variables like ...
>>>>
>>>>     (setq guix-directory "/home/glc/src/guix")
>>>>
>>>>     (let ((dir "~/dev/guix/emacs"))
>>>>       (add-to-list 'load-path dir)
>>>>       (setq guix-load-path dir)
>>>>       (require 'guix-init nil t))
>>>>
>>>>     '(safe-local-variable-values
>>>>        (quote
>>>>         ((bug-reference-bug-regexp . "<https?://\\(debbugs\\|bugs\\)\\.gnu\\.org/\\([0-9]+\\)>")))))
>>>>     (custom-set-faces
>>>>
>>>>     /home/glc/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘../../src/guix'
>>>>     /root/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘/home/glc/src/GUI’
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guix would be less stateful (AKA more "stateless") if instead I could
>>>> put something like ...
>>>>
>>>>     (guix
>>>>       (#:use-git #t)
>>>>       (#:git-directory:"~/src/guix"))
>>>
>>> It seems to me that it’s not a question of “statefulness”, but rather a
>>> question of how much configuration is needed to have guix.el use the
>>> Guix that you want.
>>
>> I agree.  If someone want to use a "non-installed" software, (s)he has
>> to do some additional configuration.  I don't see how to reduce such
>> a configuration to set up emacs code from a guix git checkout.
>
> Should this issue be closed?
>
> Ludo’.
Sure! Thanks! - George