2 chezmoi's with 2 configs. commandline config ignored

[mwoz123]

Describe the bug

When 2 chezmoi on same system, commandline config is ignored. Doctor:

failed    config-file          found ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml, expected /media/Dane/.chezmoi/chezmoi.toml

To reproduce

use chezmoi for your home ~ directory and

created .bashrc alias:

alias dchezmoi="chezmoi --destination /media/Dane --source /media/Dane/.chezmoi/data --working-tree /media/Dane/.chezmoi/data --config /media/Dane/.chezmoi/chezmoi.toml"

configs:

marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ cat /media/Dane/.chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
mode = "symlink"


marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ cat ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
[git]
    autoCommit = true
    autoPush = true
[diff]
    command = "kdiff3"

[merge]
    command = "kdiff3"

Expected behavior

alias dchezmoi should use commandline configfile: /media/Dane/.chezmoi/chezmoi.toml

Output of chezmoi doctor

marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ dchezmoi doctor
RESULT    CHECK                MESSAGE
ok        version              v2.15.2, commit bf0c9bee555f1de78cd003638621fff375a26867, built at 2022-05-01T13:19:59Z, built by goreleaser
ok        latest-version       v2.15.2
ok        os-arch              linux/amd64 (Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa))
ok        uname                Linux pc 5.13.0-40-generic #45~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 4 09:38:31 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ok        go-version           go1.18.1 (gc)
ok        executable           /snap/chezmoi/407/chezmoi
ok        upgrade-method       snap-refresh
failed    config-file          found ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml, expected /media/Dane/.chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
ok        source-dir           /media/Dane/.chezmoi/data is a directory
ok        suspicious-entries   no suspicious entries
ok        working-tree         /media/Dane/.chezmoi/data is a directory
ok        dest-dir             /media/Dane is a directory
ok        shell-command        found /bin/bash
ok        shell-args           /bin/bash
ok        cd-command           found /bin/bash
ok        cd-args              /bin/bash
ok        edit-command         found /usr/bin/atom
ok        edit-args            /usr/bin/atom
info      diff-command         not set
ok        umask                002
ok        git-command          found /usr/bin/git, version 2.25.1
warning   merge-command        vimdiff not found in $PATH
info      age-command          age not found in $PATH
ok        gpg-command          found /usr/bin/gpg, version 2.2.19
info      pinentry-command     not set
info      1password-command    op not found in $PATH
info      bitwarden-command    bw not found in $PATH
info      gopass-command       gopass not found in $PATH
info      keepassxc-command    keepassxc-cli not found in $PATH
info      keepassxc-db         not set
info      lastpass-command     lpass not found in $PATH
info      pass-command         pass not found in $PATH
info      vault-command        vault not found in $PATH
info      secret-command       not set
marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ 

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here.

[twpayne]

I believe that this is only a problem with this line of the doctor command. chezmoi does use the config file specified by --config for all other commands. Can you confirm this?

[mwoz123]

chezmoi does use the config file specified by --config for all other commands. Can you confirm this?

from what I see it looks it doesn't.

my config for dchezmoi alias is to use symlinks:

marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ cat /media/Dane/.chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
mode = "symlink"


marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ 

I'm adding a file:

marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ dchezmoi init
marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ dchezmoi status
marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ dchezmoi add IN\ CASE\ OF\ FOUND.txt
marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ dchezmoi status
M IN CASE OF FOUND.txt
marcin@pc:/media/Dane$

File has been added but niether source nor destanation is a symlnk

marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ ll IN\ CASE\ OF\ FOUND.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marcin marcin 217 lip 31  2015 'IN CASE OF FOUND.txt'
marcin@pc:/media/Dane$ ll /media/Dane/.chezmoi/data/IN\ CASE\ OF\ FOUND.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marcin users 217 maj  2 22:06 '/media/Dane/.chezmoi/data/IN CASE OF FOUND.txt'
marcin@pc:/media/Dane$

[twpayne]

I'm still unable to reproduce this. Do you have an example that demonstrates the problem on a clean system?

[jnk22]

I have a similar problem with 2 config files that I believe to be related/identical to this one.

I am using the command chezmoi with the default config file (i.e. ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml) and another one chezmoik as an alias:

chezmoi --source ~/.local/share/chezmoi-kodi --config ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi-kodi.toml

chezmoi doctor (default config - no extra config file parameter)

RESULT    CHECK                MESSAGE
warning   version              v2.18.1, built at 2022-06-23T20:04:43Z
ok        latest-version       v2.18.1
ok        os-arch              linux/amd64 (Manjaro Linux)
ok        uname                Linux jannik-desktop 5.15.50-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 26 07:06:30 UTC 2022 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ok        go-version           go1.18.3 (gc)
ok        executable           /usr/bin/chezmoi
ok        config-file          ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml, last modified 2022-07-08T10:39:31+02:00
warning   source-dir           ~/.local/share/chezmoi is a git working tree (dirty)
warning   suspicious-entries   ~/.local/share/chezmoi/dot_config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
warning   working-tree         ~/.local/share/chezmoi is a git working tree (dirty)
ok        dest-dir             ~ is a directory
ok        shell-command        found /usr/bin/fish
ok        shell-args           /usr/bin/fish
ok        cd-command           found /usr/bin/fish
ok        cd-args              /usr/bin/fish
ok        edit-command         found /usr/bin/nvim
ok        edit-args            /usr/bin/nvim
info      diff-command         not set
ok        umask                022
ok        git-command          found /usr/bin/git, version 2.37.0
ok        merge-command        found /usr/bin/vimdiff
ok        age-command          found /usr/bin/age, version 1.0.0
ok        gpg-command          found /usr/bin/gpg, version 2.2.35
info      pinentry-command     not set
ok        1password-command    found /usr/bin/op, version 2.5.1
info      bitwarden-command    bw not found in $PATH
info      gopass-command       gopass not found in $PATH
info      keepassxc-command    keepassxc-cli not found in $PATH
info      keeper-command       keeper not found in $PATH
info      keepassxc-db         not set
info      lastpass-command     lpass not found in $PATH
info      pass-command         pass not found in $PATH
info      vault-command        vault not found in $PATH
info      secret-command       not set

chezmoik doctor (config file: ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi-kodi.toml)

RESULT    CHECK                MESSAGE
warning   version              v2.18.1, built at 2022-06-23T20:04:43Z
ok        latest-version       v2.18.1
ok        os-arch              linux/amd64 (Manjaro Linux)
ok        uname                Linux jannik-desktop 5.15.50-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 26 07:06:30 UTC 2022 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ok        go-version           go1.18.3 (gc)
ok        executable           /usr/bin/chezmoi
failed    config-file          found ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml, expected ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi-kodi.toml
warning   source-dir           ~/.local/share/chezmoi-kodi is a git working tree (dirty)
ok        suspicious-entries   no suspicious entries
warning   working-tree         ~/.local/share/chezmoi-kodi is a git working tree (dirty)
ok        dest-dir             ~ is a directory
ok        shell-command        found /usr/bin/fish
ok        shell-args           /usr/bin/fish
ok        cd-command           found /usr/bin/fish
ok        cd-args              /usr/bin/fish
ok        edit-command         found /usr/bin/nvim
ok        edit-args            /usr/bin/nvim
info      diff-command         not set
ok        umask                022
ok        git-command          found /usr/bin/git, version 2.37.0
ok        merge-command        found /usr/bin/vimdiff
ok        age-command          found /usr/bin/age, version 1.0.0
ok        gpg-command          found /usr/bin/gpg, version 2.2.35
info      pinentry-command     not set
ok        1password-command    found /usr/bin/op, version 2.5.1
info      bitwarden-command    bw not found in $PATH
info      gopass-command       gopass not found in $PATH
info      keepassxc-command    keepassxc-cli not found in $PATH
info      keeper-command       keeper not found in $PATH
info      keepassxc-db         not set
info      lastpass-command     lpass not found in $PATH
info      pass-command         pass not found in $PATH
info      vault-command        vault not found in $PATH
info      secret-command       not set

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My exact problem is:

I run chezmoik init to set up my ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi-kodi.toml config file, but the final content will be written to chezmoi.toml instead (from my understanding, this should be in chezmoi-kodi.toml - as specified with my alias).

This can be easily reproduced:

1. Have an empty directory of ~/.config/chezmoi/ (not required, but helps to clearly see what happens)
2. Clone chezmoi dotfiles repo to ~/.local/share/chezmoi-non-default-dir
3. Have some arbitrary content in ~/.local/share/chezmoi-non-default-dir/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl
4. Run chezmoi --source ~/.local/share/chezmoi-non-default-dir --config ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi-non-default-config.toml init
5. The init output is now stored at ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml (<- this should be ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi-non-default-config.toml though?)

Further notes:

If i manually rename the output from chezmoi.toml to chezmoi-kodi.toml, all template data at [data] is recognized fine when using template data with the alias command chezmoik.

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If this is not related to this issue I am happy to open a new one and provide additional details if required.

[twpayne]

My exact problem is:

I run chezmoik init to set up my ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi-kodi.toml config file, but the final content will be written to chezmoi.toml instead (from my understanding, this should be in chezmoi-kodi.toml - as specified with my alias).

For this you need to use the --config-path flag to chezmoi init.

Since there is no reproduction case for the original issue, I'll close this now.