doc: Explain 'guix hash -r' for Git checkouts.

* doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): Add xref to "guix download" and
"guix hash".
(Invoking guix hash): Provide an example to compute the hash of a Git
checkout.

Co-authored-by: Troy Sankey <sankeytms@gmail.com>
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@ -2669,6 +2669,7 @@ Examples include:
download a file from the HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL specified in the
@code{uri} field;
@vindex git-fetch
@item @var{git-fetch} from @code{(guix git-download)}
clone the Git version control repository, and check out the revision
specified in the @code{uri} field as a @code{git-reference} object; a
@ -2686,6 +2687,10 @@ A bytevector containing the SHA-256 hash of the source. Typically the
@code{base32} form is used here to generate the bytevector from a
base-32 string.
You can obtain this information using @code{guix download}
(@pxref{Invoking guix download}) or @code{guix hash} (@pxref{Invoking
guix hash}).
@item @code{file-name} (default: @code{#f})
The file name under which the source code should be saved. When this is
@code{#f}, a sensible default value will be used in most cases. In case
@ -4569,6 +4574,17 @@ hash (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}).
@c FIXME: Replace xref above with xref to an ``Archive'' section when
@c it exists.
@vindex git-fetch
As an example, here is how you would compute the hash of a Git checkout,
which is useful when using the @code{git-fetch} method (@pxref{origin
Reference}):
@example
$ git clone http://example.org/foo.git
$ cd foo
$ rm -rf .git
$ guix hash -r .
@end example
@end table
@node Invoking guix import