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Mekeor Melire <mekeor.melire@gmail.com> skribis:

> What I really mean to say is, that it'd be a shame, if Guix had a
> configuration file like Git which uses this syntax:
>
>     [user]
>             name =3D example
>             email =3D example@example.example
>     [alias]
>             i =3D init
>             z =3D stash
>             s =3D status
>
> I mean, all the files Guix reads are written in Scheme (config.scm,
> manifest.scm, any package.scm). So, how could it work that Guix was
> configured in Scheme?
>
> Is there any way we could make config.scm include a similar data-type as
> `operating-system`, maybe called `guix-configuration` or whatever, which
> has a field called `aliases`?
>
> I mean, implementing aliases isn't per-se difficult. But I'd love to
> have a much broader approach to configure Guix (and Guix' CLI).

Sure, that=E2=80=99d be a Schemey config file and not a Git-style config fi=
le,
no argument here.  :-)

Ludo=E2=80=99.