Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/37679>.
Reported by Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>.
* guix/tests/git.scm (call-with-environment-variables): New procedure.
(with-environment-variables): New macro.
(populate-git-repository)[git]: Wrap (git-command) invocation in
'call-with-temporary-directory' and 'with-environment-variables'.
Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>.
* guix/channels.scm (<channel-news-entry>)[tag]: New field.
(sexp->channel-news-entry): Accept either 'commit' or 'tag' in 'entry'
forms.
(resolve-channel-news-entry-tag): New procedure.
(channel-news-for-commit): Move 'with-repository' form one level
higher. Call 'resolve-channel-news-entry-tag' on all the news entries.
* guix/tests/git.scm (populate-git-repository): Add clause for 'tag'.
* tests/channels.scm ("channel-news, one entry"): Create a tag and add
an entry with a tag. Check that the tag is resolved and also visible in
the <channel-news-entry> record.
* doc/guix.texi (Channels): Mention tags in news entries.
* guix/channels.scm (<channel-metadata>)[news-file]: New field.
(read-channel-metadata): Set the 'news-file' field.
(read-channel-metadata-from-source): Likewise.
(<channel-news>, <channel-news-entry>): New record types.
(sexp->channel-news-entry, read-channel-news)
(channel-news-for-commit): New procedures.
* guix/tests/git.scm (populate-git-repository): For 'add', allow
CONTENTS to be a procedure.
* tests/channels.scm ("channel-news, no news")
("channel-news, one entry"): New tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Channels): Document it.
Ludovic Courtès