guix build: Add '--repair'.

* guix/scripts/build.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--repair'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Mention 'guix build --repair'.
(Additional Build Options): Document it.
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@ -2274,11 +2274,14 @@ traverses @emph{all the files in the store}, this command can take a
long time, especially on systems with a slow disk drive.
@cindex repairing the store
@cindex corruption, recovering from
Using @option{--verify=repair} or @option{--verify=contents,repair}
causes the daemon to try to repair corrupt store items by fetching
substitutes for them (@pxref{Substitutes}). Because repairing is not
atomic, and thus potentially dangerous, it is available only to the
system administrator.
system administrator. A lightweight alternative, when you know exactly
which items in the store are corrupt, is @command{guix build --repair}
(@pxref{Invoking guix build}).
@item --optimize
@cindex deduplication
@ -4859,6 +4862,14 @@ When used in conjunction with @option{--keep-failed}, the differing
output is kept in the store, under @file{/gnu/store/@dots{}-check}.
This makes it easy to look for differences between the two results.
@item --repair
@cindex repairing store items
@cindex corruption, recovering from
Attempt to repair the specified store items, if they are corrupt, by
re-downloading or rebuilding them.
This operation is not atomic and thus restricted to @code{root}.
@item --derivations
@itemx -d
Return the derivation paths, not the output paths, of the given

@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ Build the given PACKAGE-OR-DERIVATION and return their output paths.\n"))
-d, --derivations return the derivation paths of the given packages"))
(display (_ "
--check rebuild items to check for non-determinism issues"))
(display (_ "
--repair repair the specified items"))
(display (_ "
-r, --root=FILE make FILE a symlink to the result, and register it
as a garbage collector root"))
@ -535,6 +537,12 @@ must be one of 'package', 'all', or 'transitive'~%")
(alist-cons 'build-mode (build-mode check)
result)
rest)))
(option '("repair") #f #f
(lambda (opt name arg result . rest)
(apply values
(alist-cons 'build-mode (build-mode repair)
result)
rest)))
(option '(#\s "system") #t #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'system arg