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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/channels.scm | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/channels.scm b/guix/channels.scm index 4700f7a45d..7a02d24a84 100644 --- a/guix/channels.scm +++ b/guix/channels.scm @@ -250,7 +250,11 @@ could be found at DIRECTORY or one of its ancestors." "Return the \"reference\" for CHANNEL, an sexp suitable for 'latest-repository-commit'." (match (channel-commit channel) - (#f `(branch . ,(channel-branch channel))) + (#f (let ((branch (channel-branch channel))) + (if (and (string? branch) + (string-prefix? "refs/" branch)) + `(symref . ,branch) + `(branch . ,branch)))) (commit `(tag-or-commit . ,(channel-commit channel))))) (define sexp->channel-introduction |