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Subject: Re: check guix human readable version
Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 11:56:51 +0200
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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> znavko@disroot.org writes:
>
>> Hi! I want be able to see which version number of guix I have, not commi=
t but human-readable version, such as 1.0.0. How to do this?
>> Once performing `guix pull` I saw it, but now I cannot do it this ways:
>>
>> # guix describe
>> Generation 88 May 02 2019 17:18:30 (current)
>>  guix 48f19e6
>>  repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>>  branch: master
>>  commit: 48f19e60c4677e392ee2c23f28098cfcaf9d1710
>>
>> # guix pull
>> Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu=
.org/git/guix.git'...
>> Building from this channel:
>>  guix https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git 48f19e6
>> Computing Guix derivation for 'x86_64-linux'... |
>> nothing to be done
>>
>> How to see guix version: 1.0.0 ?
>
> It=E2=80=99s not yet possible.  =E2=80=9Cguile-git=E2=80=9D only recently=
 gained support for
> pretty =E2=80=9Cgit describe=E2=80=9D-style formats, but there has not be=
en a new
> release of =E2=80=9Cguile-git=E2=80=9D that contains these changes.
>
> Once a new version of =E2=80=9Cguile-git=E2=80=9D becomes available we sh=
ould be able to
> adjust =E2=80=9Cguix describe=E2=80=9D.

Yup!

But I sympathize: it=E2=80=99s disappointing that =E2=80=98guix describe=E2=
=80=99 doesn=E2=80=99t show
something like:

  commit: v1.0.0 \o/ =F0=9F=99=8C

Ludo=E2=80=99.