Example of chezmoi template usage

chezmoi uses go text/template pkg and sprig pkg functions and some custom functions do handle templates.
This file is just an example of things you can do with it.

simple variable usage:

twittername=SimonWoodtliDev

Arrays

Looping over Arrays

I speak:

• German

• English

• Chinese

• Spanish

Trimming White Space:

I speak:

• German
• English
• Chinese
• Spanish

Sorting printed result alphabetically:

• Chinese
• English
• German
• Spanish

Accessing Array Element

• select element 2 from language array: Chinese
• with go text/template pkg: My first language is Swiss-German
• with sprig pkg: My first language is Swiss-German

Count Array Elements

• amount of elements in language array: 4

Differentiate Singular Plural Array Element(s)

• Hardcoded example: I speak 4 language(s)
• Dynamic example: I speak 4 languages

Objects

Looping over Objects:

You'll find me on:

• key: email value: [email protected]
• key: github value: https://github.com/SimonWoodtli
• key: homepage value: https://simonwoodtli.com
• key: linkedin value: https://linkedin.com
• key: name value: Simon D. Woodtli
• key: twitter value: SimonWoodtliDev

Math

• print random number from 0-4: 1
• pick random language from language array: Chinese

Text Manipulation

• with nested functions indent: Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose. -- Pele
• with pipes indent:: Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose. -- Pele

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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted then used against you.

Conditionals, Variable Assignment & Initializing

• Example 1: (Generated on linux-fedora)
• Example 2: (Generated on some Linux Distro)

Date

• Current Timzone Timestamp: 12:24 on Mar 14 2023
• Current Timezone Timestamp: 2023-03-14 12:24
• UTC Timezone Timestamp: 2023-03-14 17:24
• UTC ISO Timestamp: 2023-03-14T17:24:01Z

More Useful functions

1. quote — wrap the input in quotation marks and escape any quotation marks within the string.
2. squote — same as quote but uses single quotes, also known as apostrophes.
3. js — convert the passed value to a valid JavaScript variable definition.
4. toJson — convert the passed value to a valid JSON string.
5. toPrettyJason — convert the passed value to nicely formatted JSON string.
6. default — to set a simple default value
7. coalesce — to set a default value, from a list of given values it accepts the first one that is not empty
8. ternary — takes two values, and a test value, if test is true first value gets returned otherwise second value. similar to the c ternary operator

When it comes to shells, I'm oldschool!

Related:

• https://pbs.bartificer.net/pbs123.html
• https://pbs.bartificer.net/pbs124.html
• https://pbs.bartificer.net/pbs125.html
• https://pkg.go.dev/text/template#section-documentation
• https://masterminds.github.io/sprig/
• https://www.chezmoi.io/reference/templates/