How to split dotfiles into two remote repos?

[CyrusYip]

I share most of my dotfiles on a public repo, but I want to put some of my private dotfiles to a private GitHub repo.

Say I have public.conf and private.conf on my local machine. I want public.conf in the remote public repo and private.conf in the remote private repo.

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Solution to manage public files and private files (based on the answer of @halostatue ): Use --source option for private dotfiles.

1. Create a public repo and follow the official docs (https://www.chezmoi.io/user-guide/setup/)
2. Create a private repo
3. Run chezmoi init --source ~/.local/share/chezmoi-private --ssh https://github.com/CyrusYip/repo-name
4. Manage private files with chezmoi --source ~/.local/share/chezmoi-private <command>
5. Manage public files with chezmoi <command>.
6. Using alias makes you type less (alias cho='chezmoi --source ~/.local/share/chezmoi-private').

[halostatue]

This is mostly answered with the FAQ "Can Chezmoi Support Multiple Sources or Multiple Source States?".

It’s worth noting that, for the most part, all you need is the --config option as all other file and path options (except --persistent-state) can be configured in your chezmoi.$FORMAT configuration file, simplifying the commands, functions, or aliases required to execute this.

There are a couple of other options that you can explore:

• You can put your private configuration in an external and then have an after_ script symlink files to the appropriate location. The downsides here are that the private configuration wouldn’t be templated or automatically placed.

• You can keep your configuration files public, but iterate over both public and private configuration sources (mine is 1Password), like I do for ~/.aws/credentials with the relevant configuration in chezmoi.$FORMAT.

[CyrusYip]

Thanks, I will try and see which method works for me.

[CyrusYip]

Using --source option is enough for me. I wrote the solution on first post #2780 (comment) .

[Lockszmith-GH]

I've written about this here and here
I will be happy to share more details if this is of any interest.