.chezmoiexternal.$FORMAT{,.tmpl}
If a file called .chezmoiexternal.$FORMAT
(with an optional .tmpl
extension)
exists in the source state (either ~/.local/share/chezmoi
or directory defined
inside .chezmoiroot
), it is interpreted as a list of external files and
archives to be included as if they were in the source state.
$FORMAT
must be one of chezmoi's supported configuration file formats, e.g.
json
, jsonc
, toml
, or yaml
.
.chezmoiexternal.$FORMAT
is interpreted as a template. This allows different
externals to be included on different machines.
Entries are indexed by target name relative to the directory of the
.chezmoiexternal.$FORMAT
file, and must have a type
and a url
field.
type
can be either file
, archive
, or git-repo
. If the entry's parent
directories do not already exist in the source state then chezmoi will create
them as regular directories.
Entries may have the following fields:
Variable | Type | Default value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
type |
string | none | External type (file , archive , or git-repo ) |
encrypted |
bool | false |
Whether the external is encrypted |
exact |
bool | false |
Add exact_ attribute to directories in archive |
exclude |
[]string | none | Patterns to exclude from archive |
executable |
bool | false |
Add executable_ attribute to file |
format |
string | autodetect | Format of archive |
include |
[]string | none | Patterns to include from archive |
refreshPeriod |
duration | 0 |
Refresh period |
stripComponents |
int | 0 |
Number of leading directory components to strip from archives |
url |
string | none | URL |
checksum.sha256 |
string | none | Expected SHA256 checksum of data |
checksum.sha384 |
string | none | Expected SHA384 checksum of data |
checksum.sha512 |
string | none | Expected SHA512 checksum of data |
checksum.size |
int | none | Expected size of data |
clone.args |
[]string | none | Extra args to git clone |
filter.command |
string | none | Command to filter contents |
filter.args |
[]string | none | Extra args to command to filter contents |
pull.args |
[]string | none | Extra args to git pull |
If any of the optional checksum.sha256
, checksum.sha384
, or
checksum.sha512
fields are set, chezmoi will verify that the downloaded data
has the given checksum.
The optional boolean encrypted
field specifies whether the file or archive is
encrypted.
If optional string filter.command
and array of strings filter.args
are
specified, the file or archive is filtered by piping it into the command's
standard input and reading the command's standard output.
If type
is file
then the target is a file with the contents of url
. The
optional boolean field executable
may be set, in which case the target file
will be executable.
If type
is archive
then the target is a directory with the contents of the
archive at url
. The optional boolean field exact
may be set, in which case
the directory and all subdirectories will be treated as exact directories, i.e.
chezmoi apply
will remove entries not present in the archive. The optional
integer field stripComponents
will remove leading path components from the
members of archive. The optional string field format
sets the archive format.
The supported archive formats are tar
, tar.gz
, tgz
, tar.bz2
, tbz2
,
xz
, .tar.zst
, and zip
. If format
is not specified then chezmoi will
guess the format using firstly the path of the URL and secondly its contents.
The optional include
and exclude
fields are lists of patterns specify which
archive members to include or exclude respectively. Patterns match paths in the
archive, not the target state. chezmoi uses the following algorithm to
determine whether an archive member is included:
- If the archive member name matches any
exclude
pattern, then the archive member is excluded. In addition, if the archive member is a directory, then all contained files and sub-directories will be excluded, too (recursively). - Otherwise, if the archive member name matches any
include
pattern, then the archive member is included. - Otherwise, if only
include
patterns were specified then the archive member is excluded. - Otherwise, if only
exclude
patterns were specified then the archive member is included. - Otherwise, the archive member is included.o
Excluded archive members do not generate source state entries, and, if they are directories, all of their children are also excluded.
If type
is git-repo
then chezmoi will run git clone $URL $TARGET_NAME
with the optional clone.args
if the target does not exist. If the target
exists, then chezmoi will run git pull
with the optional pull.args
to
update the target.
For file
and archive
externals, chezmoi will cache downloaded URLs. The
optional duration refreshPeriod
field specifies how often chezmoi will
re-download the URL. The default is zero meaning that chezmoi will never
re-download unless forced. To force chezmoi to re-download URLs, pass the
-R
/--refresh-externals
flag. Suitable refresh periods include one day
(24h
), one week (168h
), or four weeks (672h
).
Example
[".vim/autoload/plug.vim"]
type = "file"
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim"
refreshPeriod = "168h"
[".oh-my-zsh"]
type = "archive"
url = "https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/archive/master.tar.gz"
exact = true
stripComponents = 1
refreshPeriod = "168h"
[".oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
type = "archive"
url = "https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/archive/master.tar.gz"
exact = true
stripComponents = 1
refreshPeriod = "168h"
[".oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k"]
type = "archive"
url = "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/archive/v1.15.0.tar.gz"
exact = true
stripComponents = 1
["www/adminer/plugins"]
type = "archive"
url = "https://api.github.com/repos/vrana/adminer/tarball"
refreshPeriod = "744h"
stripComponents = 2
include = ["*/plugins/**"]
Some more examples can be found in the user guide.