promptStringOnce only stores variables under [data]

[dboeckenhoff]

What exactly are you trying to do?

My .chezmoi.toml.tmpl does

{{- $database := promptStringOnce . "database" "Please add the path to your keepass2 database to be used via keepassxc cli" -}}

[keepassxc]
    database = {{ $database | quote }}

However, with chezmoi init I am always prompted the database entry request. This is rather invonvenient. If this is possible, I'd say the proper way should be documented.

What have you tried so far?

The same syntax storing under [data] works. However, keepassxc requires the database entry to be under [keepassxc] (as I understand it).

Where else have you checked for solutions?

• [ ] I have read chezmoi's user guide, and not found the answer.
• [ ] I have searched chezmoi's reference guide, and not found the answer.

Finally

Thanks for this awesome project!

[halostatue]

As a workaround, you could store things twice.

{{- $database := promptStringOnce . "keepassxc-database" "Please add the path to your keepass2 database to be used via keepassxc cli" -}}

[keepassxc]
    database = {{ $database | quote }}

[data]
# This is a workaround
keepassxc-database = {{ $database | quote }}

It seems like it could be useful, at least for chezmoi init, to have .chezmoi.config.* keys available so that you could do promptStringOnce . "chezmoi.config.keepassxc.database" "DATABASE, MORTAL". I don’t know that it would be useful for normal usage.

[twpayne]

Thanks for the suggestion. Adding a .chezmoi.config template variable makes sense. Done in #2940.

[halostatue]

@dboeckenhoff I believe that once this is released, your template would be updated to

{{- $database := promptStringOnce . "chezmoi.config.keepassxc.database" "Please add the path to your keepass2 database to be used via keepassxc cli" -}}

[keepassxc]
    database = {{ $database | quote }}