Managing machine-to-machine differences

[Niko72]

I would like to use completely different dotfiles on different machines.

As described here I created e.g. following files in the source directory: ~/.local/share/chezmoi/.zshrc_linux ~/.local/share/chezmoi/.zshrc_android ~/.local/share/chezmoi/dot_zshrc.tmpl The last file with the content:

{{- if eq .chezmoi.os "linux" -}}
{{-   include ".zshrc_linux" -}}
{{- else if eq .chezmoi.os "android" -}}
{{-   include ".zshrc_android" -}}
{{- end -}}

But if I want to edit the source file with chezmoi edit ~/.zshrc it opens the dot_zshrc.tmpl file in the source directory and not the expected .zshrc file.

So how is the recommended way to edit the .zshrc source file in this case?

[twpayne]

In this case the recommended way is to open the relevant source file directly in your editor. chezmoi cd can help you get to the correct directory.

It is not possible for chezmoi (or any program, for that matter) to reliably determine when the contents of a template file are in fact the contents of another file.

[twpayne]

Hopefully this is now resolved. Please re-open if necessary.