Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:

> Feng Shu <tumashu@163.com> writes:
>
>> tumashu  <tumashu@163.com> writes:
>>
>> This is the updated patch, I use git-fetch instead of url-fetch for I
>> want to package git-snapshot if need.
>
> What is the rationale for packaging the git version in anticipation of
> needing it later? In this case the latest release is also the latest
> commit, so I don't see any compelling reason for switching to git-fetch
> at this moment.
>
> Git snapshots use more bandwidth than regular downloads (mostly due to
> Guix' lack of shallow clones), and also more disk space since they
> create a source derivation. They also introduce a dependency on git
> which ticks in at 344.5MiB.

344.5MiB ...

you are right, tarball seem to be a better approach.

>
> Note that you can also build a package from a local source code copy
> with `guix build --with-source=/path/to/git/checkout you-get` in case of
> emergency :)
>

This is a very useful tip, thanks!


the below is updated patch: