git-repo external merge with files

[mirsella]

hello,

i have this .chezmoiexternal

[".config/nvim"]
  type = "git-repo"
  url = "https://github.com/LazyVim/starter"
  refreshPeriod = "168h"

but I would like to add custom config which are located in <lazyvim root, so .config/nvim>/config/plugins/file.lua.
i tried to add .config/nvim/config/plugins/file.lua to chezmoi, but when applying and so cloning the repo it says

chezmoi: .config/nvim: inconsistent state (/home/mirsella/.local/share/chezmoi/private_dot_config/nvim, https://github.com/LazyVim/starter defined in /home/mirsella/.local/share/chezmoi/.chezmoiexternal.toml)

Which I expected to fail, but I wonder if there is a better way to do it than run_ script to cp the file.

thanks !

[2-4601]

Not sure if I completely understand what you are after but as the docs say:

Using a git-repo external delegates management of the directory to git. chezmoi cannot manage any other files in that directory.

I have not used LazyVim but in its installation docs they tell you to remove the .git folder so maybe it's not meant to be used as a git repository after the initial cloning?

As GitHub also allows downloading repositories as zip packages, you could use .chezmoiexternal's archive type instead of the git-repo type like this:

[".config/neovim"]
    type = "archive"
    stripComponents = 1
    url = "https://github.com/LazyVim/starter/archive/refs/heads/main.zip"
    refreshPeriod = "168h"
    exclude = ["*/README*", "*/LICENSE", "*/.gitignore"]

This should allow you to manage other files in .config/neovim with chezmoi.

[mirsella]

thank you ! the archive type is what I was looking for.
I initially thought all the external couldn't work with local file