Use org-babel-tangle to generate a channel declaration

README.org

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ To set up automatic authentication, run the following:
 
 If you are adding this channel to your guix channels, use the following definition:
 
-#+begin_src scheme
+#+begin_src scheme :tangle etc/generated/guix-punk-channel.scm
   (channel
    (name 'guix-punk)
    (url "https://git.solarpunk.moe/Solarpunk/guix-punk.git")
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ If you are adding this channel to your guix channels, use the following definiti
       "1086 326D E207 068C 1C02  5129 A64F 4134 5C74 00AF"))))
 #+end_src
 
+A generated version of the definition can be found at [[file:etc/generated/guix-punk-channel.scm][etc/generated/guix-punk-channel.scm]]
+
 
 * Committing
 
@@ -102,3 +104,8 @@ If you are the one being talked to about getting added:
 1) Add the new entity's key to the keyring branch, using the =NAME.key= pattern.
 2) Add their signing key fingerprint to [[file:.guix-authorizations][.guix-authorizations]].
 
+** the readme
+
+Parts of this README use =org-babel-tangle= to automatically generate files as a matter of convienence. If you change any of the source code blocks, it is probably a good idea to run tangle, just in case.
+
+Tangled files should go into the [[file:etc/generated][generated]] directory.

etc/generated/guix-punk-channel.scm

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(channel
+ (name 'guix-punk)
+ (url "https://git.solarpunk.moe/Solarpunk/guix-punk.git")
+ (branch "main")
+ (introduction
+  (make-channel-introduction
+   "e5386665c5b75c317a9073cfb990b49706318fcf"
+   (openpgp-fingerprint
+    "1086 326D E207 068C 1C02  5129 A64F 4134 5C74 00AF"))))