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# Clone the repository

git clone <https://github.com/hyperpolymath/intsoc-transactor.git> cd
intsoc-transactor
git clone https://github.com/hyperpolymath/intsoc-transactor.git
cd intsoc-transactor

# Using Nix (recommended for reproducibility)
# Using Guix (recommended for reproducibility)

nix develop
guix develop

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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sed -n '1,32p' .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
sed -n '1,40p' QUICKSTART-DEV.adoc
find . -maxdepth 2 -type f \( -name 'manifest.scm' -o -name 'guix.scm' -o -name 'channels.scm' \) -print
rg -n 'guix (shell|develop)' .

Repository: hyperpolymath/intsoc-transactor

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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- tracked Guix-related files ---'
git ls-files | grep -E '(^|/)(guix\.scm|manifest\.scm|channels\.scm)$|(^|/)build/guix\.scm$' || true
printf '%s\n' '--- contributing ---'
sed -n '1,24p' .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
printf '%s\n' '--- quickstart ---'
sed -n '10,28p' QUICKSTART-DEV.adoc
printf '%s\n' '--- Guix file ---'
if [ -f build/guix.scm ]; then sed -n '1,220p' build/guix.scm; else printf '%s\n' 'build/guix.scm is absent'; fi
printf '%s\n' '--- repository command references ---'
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sed -n '568,584p' Justfile

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When invoked interactively without any arguments, guix shell automatically searches the current directory and its parent directories for a manifest.scm or guix.scm file [1][2][3]. If found, it loads the file to define the environment [2][3]. Specifically: - If it finds a manifest.scm, it uses it as if it were provided via the --manifest option [2][3]. - If it finds a guix.scm, it uses it to build a development profile as if both --development and --file were provided [2][3]. This automatic loading behavior is subject to security authorization: the directory containing the file must be listed in your ~/.config/guix/shell-authorized-directories file [4][2][3]. Important limitations to this behavior include: - Non-interactive use: This automatic loading only occurs during interactive use [4][3]. If you provide any arguments to guix shell (such as a command to execute, e.g., guix shell -- my-command), the automatic loading of manifest.scm or guix.scm is disabled, and guix shell will create an empty environment unless you explicitly specify the manifest or package file [4][3]. - Precedence: If both files exist in the same directory, the behavior is determined by the implementation, which typically prioritizes one or the other (often manifest.scm takes precedence) [5][2]. - Explicit inhibition: You can explicitly prevent this automatic loading by using the -q (or --quiet) flag [4][6]. Note that guix develop is a different command (often used for development environments within the Guix source tree or specific package development contexts) and does not share this specific automatic manifest-loading behavior in the same way as guix shell [7].
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<title>[bug#55317] [PATCH] doc: Clarify guix shell&`#39`;s DWIM behaviour.</title> https://yhetil.org/guix-patches/9184428ce5f7de56848b1c0018b2639dd0e8a5ca.camel@gmail.com/T/ --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5693,17 +5693,16 @@ before `@command`{guix shell} was invoked. The next garbage collection (`@pxref`{Invoking guix gc}) may clean up packages that were installed in the environment and that are no longer used outside of it. -As an added convenience, when running from a directory that contains a -@file{manifest.scm} or a `@file`{guix.scm} file (in this order), possibly -in a parent directory, `@command`{guix shell} automatically loads the -file---provided the directory is listed in -@file{~/.config/guix/shell-authorized-directories}, and only for -interactive use: - -@example -guix shell -@EnD example - ... +As an added convenience, `@command`{guix shell} when invoked interactively +without any other arguments will try to do what you mean based on the +files it locates in the current directory or parent directories. +If it finds a `@file`{manifest.scm}, it uses this manifest as though +it was given via `@code`{--manifest}. +If it finds a `@file`{guix.scm}, it uses this package file as though +it was given via `@code`{--development --file}. +In either case, the file will only be loaded if the directory it +resides in is listed in +@file{~/.config/guix/shell-authorized-directories}. This provides an easy way to define, share, and enter development environments. -- 2.36.0 ... * doc/guix.texi ("Invoking guix shell"): Document the exact behaviour, that is which flags go together with which file names. ... --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5670,17 +5670,20 @@ before `@command`{guix shell} was invoked. The next garbage collection (`@pxref`{Invoking guix gc}) may clean up packages that were installed in the environment and that are no longer used outside of it. -As an added convenience, when running from a directory that contains a -@file{manifest.scm} or a `@file`{guix.scm} file (in this order), possibly -in a parent directory, `@command`{guix shell} automatically loads the -file---provided the directory is listed in -@file{~/.config/guix/shell-authorized-directories}, and only for -interactive use: - +As an added convenience, `@command`{guix shell} will try to do what you +mean when it is invoked interactively as in `@example` guix shell `@end` example - +without any other arguments. If it finds a `@file`{manifest.scm} in the +current working directory or any of its parents, it uses this manifest +as though it was given via `@code`{--manifest}. Likewise, if it finds +a `@file`{guix.scm} in the same directories, it uses it to build a +development profile as though both `@code`{--development} and `@code`{--file} +were present. +In either case, the file will only be loaded if the directory it +resides in is listed in +@file{~/.config/guix/shell-authorized-directories}. This provides an easy way to define, share, and enter development environments. -- 2.36.0 ... > +++ b/doc/guix.texi > @@ -5693,17 +5693,16 @@ before `@command`{guix shell} was invoked. The next garbage collection > (`@pxref`{Invoking guix gc}) may clean up packages that were installed in > the environment and that are no longer used outside of it. > > -As an added convenience, when running from a directory that contains a > -@file{manifest.scm} or a `@file`{guix.scm} file (in this order), possibly > -in a parent directory, `@command`{guix shell} automatically loads the > -file---provided the directory is listed in > -@file{~/.config/guix/shell-authorized-directories}, and only for > -interactive use: > - > -@example > -guix shell > -@EnD example > - ... > +As an added convenience, `@command`{guix shell} when invoked interactively > +without any other arguments will try to do what you mean based on the > +files it locates in the current directory or parent directories. > +If it finds a `@file`{manifest.scm}, it uses this manifest as though > +it was given via `@code`{--manifest}. > +If it finds a `@file`{guix.scm}, it uses this package file as though > +it was given via `@code`{--developme…[truncated] <title>guix shell without arguments</title> https://yhetil.org/guix-user/CAJ=RwfaYrJqcREgbww_XmfBzsfTjF+9tiLm2Zb0N9Dq8puS=SA@mail.gmail.com/t/ Issuing guix shell without arguments is equivalent to the command below, when guix.scm exists in the directory where it&`#39`;s being issued: ... --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- guix shell -D -f /path/to/guix.scm --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- ... --8<---------------cut ... ---------------start------------->8--- guix shell -D - ... --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- ... The incantation below creates an empty environment. But wouldn&`#39`;t it be nice if it would infer manifest.scm or guix.scm, in case they exist in the current directory? ... That’s already the case, no? From the manual: If it finds a manifest.scm in the current working directory or any of its parents, it uses this manifest as though it was given via --manifest. Likewise, if it finds a guix.scm in the same directories, it uses it to build a development profile as though both --development and --file were present. In either case, the file will only be loaded if the directory it resides in is listed in ~/.config/guix/shell-authorized-directories. This provides an easy way to define, share, and enter development environments. <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Invoking-guix-shell> ... , if it ... loaded if the directory ... in is listed in ... ~/.config ... shell-authorized ... and enter development environments ... It *sounds* like it should be the case, but it isn&`#39`;t. Specifying the command to run explicitly is considered a non-interactive case, and in non-interactive mode the automagic guix.scm/manifest.scm reading does not occur. :( ... Indeed, I have interpreted that section from the manual in the same as you did. However, as I&`#39`;ve mentioned in the previous message, "guix shell -- foo-command" creates an empty environment and then runs foo-command (regardless of the existence of guix/manifest.scm). ... &`#39`;t think ... behaved otherwise, and this seems ... be backed by ... &`#39`;s message. ... , indeed, ... that expect a DWIM behaviour. ... I agree with you! It&`#39`;s a big usability issue! Even though I&`#39`;m aware of this behavior, I still catch myself trying to do `guix shell -- foo-command` from time to time and being disappointed. I filed an issue about this awhile back and the tl;dr is that the behavior can&`#39`;t be changed (at least not easily) without breaking things for users who have different expectations/needs: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57467 ... &`#39`;guix shell&`#39`; is primarily focused on case 2, and case 1 is only supported when &`#39`;guix shell&`#39`; has no other args, as you&`#39`;ve noticed. ... Perhaps this is an indicator that we need two different tools. I&`#39`;ve thought for years that we need a &`#39`;guix develop&`#39`; (working title) tool that does what &`#39`;guix shell&`#39`; does but also goes beyond by starting containerized services like &`#39`;docker compose&`#39`; can. For example, if a project requires a PostgreSQL database, &`#39`;guix develop&`#39`; could create a shell environment with the client program/library but also automatically start the server using an instance of Shepherd and &`#39`;herd&`#39`; inside the shell could be used to control the service. <title>guix/scripts/shell.scm</title> https://github.com/guix-mirror/guix/blob/71b92466430acb8c91841522dc0eb7d766af4388/guix/scripts/shell.scm native-build-options-help ... -transformation-options ... #:autoload ... guix grafts ... (%graft?) #:use-module ... ) #:use-module (guix packages) #:use-module (guix profiles) #:use-module (srfi srfi-1) #:use-module (srfi srfi-26) #:use-module (srfi srfi-37) #:use-module (srfi srfi-71) ... use-module (ice-9 match) ... autoload (ice ... 9 rdelim ... guix base32 ... (bytevector->base32-string ... autoload (rnrs bytevectors ... string->utf8 ... guix utils ... cache-directory) ... #:autoload (guix describe) (current-channels ... #:autoload (guix channels) (channel-commit ... use-module ((guix ... utils) #:select (mkdir-p)) ... #:use-module (guix cache) #:use-module ((ice-9 ftw) #:select (scandir)) #:autoload (ice-9 pretty-print) (pretty-print) #:autoload (gnu packages) (cache-is-authoritative? package-unique-version-prefix specification->package specification->package+output specifications->manifest) ... (guix-shell)) ... (define (show-help) (display (G_ "Usage: guix shell [OPTION] PACKAGES... [-- COMMAND...] ... Build an environment that includes PACKAGES and execute COMMAND or an interactive shell in that environment.\n")) (newline) ;; These two options differ from &`#39`;guix environment&`#39`;. (display (G_ " -D, --development include the development inputs of the next package")) (display (G_ " -f, --file=FILE add to the environment the package FILE evaluates to")) (display (G_ " -q inhibit loading of &`#39`;guix.scm&`#39`; and &`#39`;manifest.scm&`#39`;")) (display (G_ " --rebuild-cache rebuild cached environment, if any")) (display (G_ " --export-manifest print a manifest for the given options")) (display (G_ " -F, --emulate-fhs for containers, emulate the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)")) (show-environment-options-help) (newline) (show-build-options-help) (newline) (show-native-build-options-help) (newline) (show-transformation-options-help) (newline) (display (G_ " -h, --help display this help and exit")) (display (G_ " -V, --version display version information and exit")) (newline) (show-bug-report-information)) ... (lambda ... (alist-cons &`#39`; ... consistency with &`#39`;guix package ... f&`#39`; rather ... guix environment ... (alist-cons &`#39`;load (tag- ... -arg result arg) (ensure- ... (define (find-file-in-parent-directories candidates) "Find one of CANDIDATES in the current directory or one of its ancestors." (define start (getcwd)) (define device (stat:dev (stat start))) (let loop ((directory start)) (let ((stat (stat directory))) (and (= (stat:uid stat) (getuid)) (= (stat:dev stat) device) (or (any (lambda (candidate) (let ((candidate (string-append directory "/" candidate))) (and (file-exists? candidate) candidate))) candidates) (and (not (string=? directory "/")) (loop (dirname directory)))))))) ;lexical ".." resolution ... (define (authorized-directory-file) "Return the name of the file listing directories for which &`#39`;guix shell&`#39`; may automatically load &`#39`;guix.scm&`#39`; or &`#39`;manifest.scm&`#39`; files." (string-append (config-directory) "/shell-authorized-directories")) ... (define (authorized-shell-directory? directory) "Return true if DIRECTORY is among the authorized directories for automatic ... absolute file name, ... (call- ... -input-file (authorized- ... -file) (lambda (port) (let loop () (match (read-line port) ((? eof-object?) ... trim line) ... -prefix? "# ... loop)) (( ... ) (loop))) (( ... -null? ... right line)) ... line (loop)) ... else ;bogus line (let ((loc ... location (port-filename port) (port-line port) (port-column port)))) (warning loc (G_ ... invalid file name ... ~%") line) (loop)))))))))) (const `#f`))) ... (define (auto-detect-manifest opts) "If OPTS do not specify packages or a manifest, load a \"guix.scm\" or \"manifest.scm\" file from the current directory or one of its an…[truncated] <title>Reproducible dev environments using Guix</title> https://www.futurile.net/2023/04/30/guix-reproducible-dev-environments/ The best way to do this is to provide a file named guix.scm within the project directory (or one of the ancestors). If guix shell finds this file then it will automatically evaluate it, using the output to create the environment. This is similar to the manifest.scm capability we looked at in the previous post, but a guix.scm must be a package definition. ... The source line (line 20) tells the package where the source code is, in this case we&`#39`;re just telling it to find the source in the same directory as this file. Note that means this file has to be moved into the sources git checkout directory. Normally, we would place guix.scm in the source directory and check it into the project. That way every developer can use the same tools to create their environment. ... ⚠️ The guix.scm MUST be in the top of the Tmux source tree for this example to work. This is due to the version using shell commands, and source using the current directory that the guix.scm is in to find the source code. ... authorise that Guix can automatically load the guix.scm file: ... ``` $ guix shell --container --preserve=&`#39`;^TERM$&`#39`; guix shell: loading environment from &`#39`;/home/steve/workspace/guix-games/tmux-experiment/tmux/guix.scm&`#39`;... ... Now that we&`#39`;ve authorised the directory Guix automatically uses the guix.scm file when it creates the environment. We&`#39`;re using --preserve=^TERM$ so that we can run the compiled tmux in our build environment as a quick test, and Tmux needs the TERM environment. ... --nesting ... ``` $ guix shell --container --nesting --development --file=guix.scm coreutils ... One thing to notice is that we specified some packages to install into the environment (e.g. coreutils): due to this the guix shell command won&`#39`;t also process the guix.scm file automatically, which is why we specify it with the --file option. Guix will only processes the guix.scm file if you don&`#39`;t specify other packages on the command line. ... 📝NOTE: there&`#39`;s a behaviour difference between guix shell automatically finding the guix.scm in the working directory, and when we provide the --file option. When guix shell finds a guix.scm automatically it&`#39`;s as if we&`#39`;ve asked for the development dependencies. To achieve the equivalent on the command line we do guix shell --development --file=guix.scm. We must provide the --development option when using it this way, otherwise it will install the package into the environment. ... One quirk to be aware of is that a manifest.scm takes precedence over a guix.scm in the same directory. In fact, if Guix processes a manifest.scm it won&`#39`;t process the guix.scm. This means you have to use the --file=./guix.scm switch, but this will assume you want to install the defined package rather than install the build dependencies - so you have to pair it with --development --file=./guix.scm. ... In the Tmux source directory I create a guix-dev-env.sh script with the following: ... ``` #!/usr/bin/env bash set -ex exec guix shell --container --network --preserve=&`#39`;^DISPLAY$&`#39`; \ --preserve=&`#39`;^XAUTHORITY$&`#39`; --expose=$XAUTHORITY \ --preserve=&`#39`;XDG_RUNTIME_DIR&`#39`; --expose=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR \ --share=$HOME/.vim \ --development --file=./guix.scm \ --manifest="$0" !# (use-modules (gnu)) (manifest (map (lambda (spec) (apply package->manifest-entry (cond ((pair? spec) (let ((pkg (car spec)) (output (cadr spec))) (list (if (string? pkg) (specification->package pkg) pkg) output))) ((string? spec) (list (specification->package spec))) (else (list spec))))) `("bash" ; always required "coreutils" ; always required "util-linux" "findutils" "nss-certs" "git" "vim" "which" "lesspipe" "exa" "patman"))) ``` ... When we run this script it starts a guix shell with all the development utilities we&`#39`;ve specified (e.g. Vim), it also installs the development dependenci…[truncated]

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Use a repository-defined Guix environment.

Bare guix shell only loads a manifest.scm or guix.scm from the current or parent directory. This repository has neither, and build/guix.scm is absent. Therefore, changing this line to bare guix shell would not create the required development environment. Remove the Guix option or add a Guix definition and document guix shell -D -f <file>.

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# Or using toolbox/distrobox

toolbox create intsoc-transactor-dev toolbox enter intsoc-transactor-dev
\# Install dependencies manually
toolbox create intsoc-transactor-dev
toolbox enter intsoc-transactor-dev
# Install dependencies manually

# Verify setup

just check \# or: cargo check / mix compile / etc. just test \# Run test
suite


### Repository Structure

intsoc-transactor/ ├── src/ \# Source code (Perimeter 1-2) ├── lib/ \#
Library code (Perimeter 1-2) ├── extensions/ \# Extensions (Perimeter 2)
├── plugins/ \# Plugins (Perimeter 2) ├── tools/ \# Tooling (Perimeter
2) ├── docs/ \# Documentation (Perimeter 3) │ ├── architecture/ \# ADRs,
specs (Perimeter 2) │ └── proposals/ \# RFCs (Perimeter 3) ├── examples/
\# Examples (Perimeter 3) ├── spec/ \# Spec tests (Perimeter 3) ├──
tests/ \# Test suite (Perimeter 2-3) ├── .machine_readable/ \# ALL
machine-readable content (Perimeter 1) │ ├── \*.a2ml \# State files
(STATE, META, ECOSYSTEM, etc.) │ ├── bot_directives/ \# Bot configs │
└── contractiles/ \# Policy contracts (k9, dust, lust, must, trust) ├──
.well-known/ \# Protocol files (Perimeter 1-3) ├── .github/ \# GitHub
config (Perimeter 1) │ ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ │ └── workflows/ ├──
CHANGELOG.md ├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md ├── CONTRIBUTING.md \# This file ├──
GOVERNANCE.md ├── LICENSE ├── MAINTAINERS.md ├── README.adoc ├──
SECURITY.md ├── flake.nix \# Nix flake — fallback (Perimeter 1) ├──
guix.scm \# Guix package — primary (Perimeter 1) └── Justfile \# Task
runner (Perimeter 1)

just check # or: cargo check / mix compile / etc.
just test # Run test suite

### Repository Structure

```text
intsoc-transactor/
├── src/ # Source code (Perimeter 1-2)
├── lib/ # Library code (Perimeter 1-2)
├── extensions/ # Extensions (Perimeter 2)
├── plugins/ # Plugins (Perimeter 2)
├── tools/ # Tooling (Perimeter 2)
├── docs/ # Documentation (Perimeter 3)
│ ├── architecture/ # ADRs, specs (Perimeter 2)
│ └── proposals/ # RFCs (Perimeter 3)
├── examples/ # Examples (Perimeter 3)
├── spec/ # Spec tests (Perimeter 3)
├── tests/ # Test suite (Perimeter 2-3)
├── .machine_readable/ # ALL machine-readable content (Perimeter 1)
│ ├── \*.a2ml # State files (STATE, META, ECOSYSTEM, etc.)
│ ├── bot_directives/ # Bot configs
│ └── contractiles/ # Policy contracts (k9, dust, lust, must, trust)
├── .well-known/ # Protocol files (Perimeter 1-3)
├── .github/ # GitHub config (Perimeter 1)
│ ├── CONTRIBUTING.md # This file
│ ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
│ └── workflows/
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── GOVERNANCE.md
├── LICENSE
├── MAINTAINERS.md
├── README.adoc
├── SECURITY.md
├── flake.nix # Nix flake — fallback (Perimeter 1)
├── guix.scm # Guix package — primary (Perimeter 1)
└── Justfile # Task runner (Perimeter 1)
```

---

## How to Contribute
## How to Contribute

### Reporting Bugs
### Reporting Bugs

**Before reporting**:
1. Search existing issues
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- Expected vs actual behaviour
- Logs, screenshots, or minimal reproduction

### Suggesting Features
### Suggesting Features

**Before suggesting**:
1. Check the [roadmap](ROADMAP.md) if available
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- Alternatives considered
- Which perimeter this affects

### Your First Contribution
### Your First Contribution

Look for issues labelled:

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---

## Development Workflow
## Development Workflow

### Branch Naming
### Branch Naming

docs/short-description \# Documentation (P3) test/what-added \# Test
additions (P3) feat/short-description \# New features (P2)
fix/issue-number-description \# Bug fixes (P2) refactor/what-changed \#
Code improvements (P2) security/what-fixed \# Security fixes (P1-2)
docs/short-description # Documentation (P3) test/what-added # Test
additions (P3) feat/short-description # New features (P2)
fix/issue-number-description # Bug fixes (P2) refactor/what-changed #
Code improvements (P2) security/what-fixed # Security fixes (P1-2)


### Commit Messages
### Commit Messages

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