How to, by default, skip the prompt to overwrite files

[freyja-ai]

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to prevent chezmoi from asking, by default, if a destination file needs to be overwritten, and just skip this file completely, even if it is in a modified state - except some specific files?

For example, if I run

chezmoi apply -S $SOURCE -D $DEST

and that creates a file 'test.txt' in the destination, then after I modify test.txt, the same command should complete without prompting to overwrite the file with the source state, unless I specifically "open" this file for potential overwrites. I don't want to use .chezmoiignore in the source - and I don't think I can use .chezmoiignore in the destination.

Does anyone know if this is possible?

For now, my "solution" is to create a wrapper script around chezmoi apply which symlinks a .chezmoiignore file from $DEST to $SOURCE, runs the apply command, then removes the symlink - but that feels incredibly dirty.

Thanks!

[twpayne]

Use the create_ attribute. See also #4125.

[freyja-ai]

Exactly what I need - thanks a bunch! And, thanks for chezmoi - it's fantastic.