chezmoi: templates/COMMIT_MESSAGE.tmpl: not found

[kortsi]

After refreshing the chezmoi snap on Ubuntu to 1.7.15 autoCommit fails. This used to work with an earlier version (don't know exactly which version number). I know autoCommit is an experimental feature, but it would be nice to know where I should put the AUTOCOMMIT_MESSAGE.tmpl to hopefully make it work again. I can't find any documentation about it.

What exactly are you trying to do?

Running:

chezmoi add <anything>

With autoCommit = true in chezmoi.toml produces:

chezmoi: templates/COMMIT_MESSAGE.tmpl: not found

I am unable to find any documentation on where to put a COMMIT_MESSAGE.tmpl file.

What have you tried so far?

Where else have you checked for solutions?

• I have read chezmoi's how-to
  guide, and not
  found the answer.
• I have read chezmoi's
  FAQ, and not
  found the answer.
• I have searched chezmoi's reference
  guide, and
  not found the answer.
• Other, please give details.

Output of any commands you've tried with --verbose

$ chezmoi add README.chezmoi
( cd /home/mkortela/.local/share/chezmoi && /usr/bin/git add . )
chezmoi: templates/COMMIT_MESSAGE.tmpl: not found

Output of chezmoi doctor

     ok: version 1.7.15, commit a7b560750eb7002286515d494c5d6592e0c053da, built at 2020-02-26T08:06:37Z
     ok: runtime.GOOS linux, runtime.GOARCH amd64
     ok: /home/mkortela/.local/share/chezmoi (source directory, perm 700)
     ok: /home/mkortela (destination directory, perm 755)
     ok: /home/mkortela/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml (configuration file)
     ok: /bin/bash (shell)
     ok: /usr/bin/vim (editor)
     ok: /usr/bin/vimdiff (merge command)
     ok: /usr/bin/git (source VCS command, version 2.20.1)
     ok: /usr/bin/gpg (GnuPG, version 2.2.12)
warning: op (1Password CLI, not found)
warning: bw (Bitwarden CLI, not found)
warning: gopass (gopass CLI, not found)
warning: keepassxc-cli (KeePassXC CLI, not found)
warning: lpass (LastPass CLI, not found)
warning: pass (pass CLI, not found)
warning: vault (Vault CLI, not found)

Additional context

I am using Ubuntu (18.04 and 19.10) with chezmoi snap.

$ cat ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml 
[sourceVCS]
    autoCommit = true
    autoPush = true

[twpayne]

Thank you very much reporting this. I inadvertently broke it in 40d92cc when I missed updating a path. This should now be fixed and I'll tag a new version so you get it with snap.

I would be very happy to hear your experiences of autoCommit and autoPush. Are they working for you? Have you encountered any problems (apart from this one of course!)?

[twpayne]

BTW the explanation for this message

chezmoi: templates/COMMIT_MESSAGE.tmpl: not found

is:

• chezmoi runs git status to get the status after git adding a change.
• chezmoi parses the output of git status.
• it then generates the commit message by feeding the parsed output to a template.
• COMMIT_MESSAGE.tmpl is that template.
• normally the template is embedded in the chezmoi binary (so chemzoi can be distributed as a single binary, without extra files) and is looked up by its path.
• I forgot to update that path when moving things around.

So, this is not something you could have fixed by adding a file yourself. chezmoi was failing to find its own data.

[twpayne]

Fixed with #617.

[kortsi]

The fix worked, thank you so much!

I have been very happy with autoCommit and autoPush. Chezmoi makes life much easier and autoCommit/autoPush just make it a bit more seamless. This is the only problem I have encountered with it so far. I have only been using Chezmoi only for a few months now, though.