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Manage dotfiles with chezmoi |
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2024-03-10 |
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Last edit: 2024-03-10 |
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To give a bit of context, I had automated the deployment of the configuration o… |
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). This setup is compatible with almost all Linux distributions (probably UNIX … |
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I found by chance |
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chezmoi |
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which is able to manage dotfiles as well as some other configurations which co… |
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Some people pair it with Ansible but I prefer to use the solution in a very sim… |
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Something interesting about |
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chezmoi |
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is that it supports file encryption with modern tools like [age](https://age-e… |
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My configuration template looks like this (below) in the `.chezmoi.yaml.tmpl` f… |
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{% raw %} |
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```jinja2 |
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{{ $has_age := false }} |
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{{ $sudo := "sudo" }} |
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{{ $font := "Comic Code" }} |
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{{ if stdinIsATTY }} |
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{{ $has_age = promptBool "do you have age " }} |
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{{- $sudo_choices := list "sudo" "doas" -}} |
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{{- $sudo = promptChoiceOnce . "choice" "choose" $sudo_choices -}} |
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{{ $font = promptString "font name " }} |
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{{ end }} |
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{{ if $has_age }} |
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encryption: "age" |
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age: |
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identity: "/home/nagi/.config/age/key.txt" |
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recipient: "age14m06fd3svs9neg2w97ccw3c8470hckl95qxr6jw8fgm4ex65352q6tun06" |
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{{ end }} |
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data: |
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sudo: {{ $sudo }} |
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font: {{ $font }} |
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``` |
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{% endraw %} |
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For the moment the repository is only compatible with Fedora and Arch Linux, ho… |
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## Apply from a different machine |
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To apply my configuration from another machine, simply run the following comman… |
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```bash |
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chezmoi init https://github.com/theobori/dotfiles.git |
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chezmoi apply -v |
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``` |
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## Links |
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https://github.com/theobori/dotfiles |
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