How to synchronize config files which under Linux sit in ~/.config/ but under macOS under ~/Library/Application Support?

[halloleo]

I am synchronising dot files between some Linux machines and two Macs.

I would like to add my VS Code config files, but under Linux they are located in ~/.config/ while under macOS they are in ~/Library/Application Support.

What is the simplest way to synchronise these files via chezmoi?

Many thanks for any pointers!

[bradenhilton]

https://www.chezmoi.io/user-guide/manage-machine-to-machine-differences/#handle-different-file-locations-on-different-systems-with-the-same-contents

[halloleo]

Thanks for this.

Makes total sense. Certainly a very general way to do it.

It feels a little bit cumbersome though to have the need for the .chezmoiignore snippet:

{{ if ne .chezmoi.os "darwin" }}
Library/Application Support/App/file.conf
{{ end }}
{{ if ne .chezmoi.os "linux" }}
.config/app/file.conf
{{ end }}

[bradenhilton]

See also #2273

[halostatue]

It feels a little bit cumbersome though to have the need for the .chezmoiignore snippet:

{{ if ne .chezmoi.os "darwin" }}
Library/Application Support/App/file.conf
{{ end }}
{{ if ne .chezmoi.os "linux" }}
.config/app/file.conf
{{ end }}

You might want the ne "darwin" side to simply be Library or Library/, because you don't need the Library/ directory in Linux. or Windows. With respect to the ne "linux" side, that logic could be placed entirely in .config/app/file.conf:

{{- if eq .chezmoi.os "linux" }}{{ template "app.conf.common.tmpl" . }}{{ end -}}

If chezmoi detects an empty file and it does not have the empty_ attribute, the file will not be created.