Target contents contains {- template "keybindings.json" . -}

[halloleo]

I followed Handle different file locations on different systems with the same contents to sync VS Code's keybindings between Mac and Linux.

But (on the Mac) I now get in the file ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/keybindings.json as contents:

 {- template "keybindings.json" . -}

instead of what the file .chezmoitemplates/keybindings.json contains.

I am stumped why this is the case! I checked all files and cannot figure out why the correct content of the target doesn't appear.

Here my setup:

1. Source directory file private_Library/private_Application Support/Code/User/keybindings.json.tmpl contains
   {- template "keybindings.json" . -}
2. Source directory file .chezmoitemplates/keybindings.json contains

   // Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaults
   [
       {
           "key": "shift+alt+x",
   ...
   

   (the real content which should go into ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/keybindings.json)
3. Source directory file .chezmoiignore.tmpl contains the snippet

   ...
   {{ if ne .chezmoi.os "darwin" }}
   Library/Application Support/
   {{ end }}
   ...
   

[twpayne]

{- template "keybindings.json" . -}

You need double opening and closing brackets, not single ones. i.e. you need:

{{- template "keybindings.json" . -}}

Note that templates are quite hard to use with JSON because the curly brackets are both interpreted by the template and by the JSON parser. Consider using custom template delimiters instead.

[halloleo]

This works!

Thanks heaps for pointing out where I didn't follow the manual to the necessary dot. 😵