Add a new flag/template to output a message after init

[sysadmiral]

I was thinking after running chezmoi init for the first time there are probably some other commands that will be useful to run on a machine i.e. install some package or run some configuration.

This assumes on a new machine you do things in this sort of order:

• preliminary bootstrapping (install chezmoi)
• run chezmoi init
• run other commands

I think it would be handy if some special flag/templatedir exists that will output a message after init to remind you of the additional steps you might want.

I think a template would be nicer because then you can output os/machine specific messages.

Example template in .chezmoiinitmessagetemplates (made up dir name):

Post-chezmoi steps:
{{- if eq .chezmoi.os "Debian" }}
- sudo apt install pipx
- pipx install ansible-core
{{- end }}

Example output:

Post-chezmoi steps
- sudo apt install pipx
- pipx install ansible-core

Does this sound useful?

[twpayne]

Does this sound useful?

Yes, but you can also achieve this with a run_once_after_.tmpl script, e.g.

#!/bin/bash
# run_once_after_post-chezmoi.sh.tmpl

echo Post-chezmoi steps:
{{- if eq .chezmoi.os "Debian" }}
echo '- sudo apt install pipx'
echo '- pipx install ansible-core'
{{- end }}

[sysadmiral]

Would that run after every invocation of Chezmoi?

[twpayne]

No, because it's once_ script. See the reference guide on scripts.

[sysadmiral]

perfect. sounds like I can achieve what I'm after with that. Thank you! ❤️