Docs: chezmoiignore exclude patterns

[torculus]

What exactly are you trying to do?

I'd like to ignore all of the contents in ~/.config from syncing to Windows except for ~/.config/myspecialfile.txt. In the documentation, it gives an example of excluding f by using !f. Adapting to my use case, I've tried !.config/myspecialfile.txt, .config/!myspecialfile.txt, and !myspecialfile.txt. None of these have worked, as chezmoi ignored still says that ~/.config is ignored

If the docs could be updated to use something like file1.config instead of just f, this would make it a lot clearer for users on where to put the !

What have you tried so far?

My .chezmoiignore looks like this:

{{- if ne .chezmoi.os "windows" }}
AppData
_vimrc
vimfiles
{{ end }}
{{ if eq .chezmoi.os "windows" }} # things for Linux, FreeBSD, and illumos
.config
!.config/myspecialfile.txt # or .config/!myspecialfile.txt or !myspecialfile.txt
{{ end }}

Where else have you checked for solutions?

• I have read chezmoi's user guide, 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 flag

$ chezmoi --verbose $COMMAND

Output of chezmoi doctor

$ chezmoi doctor

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here.

[twpayne]

Thanks, I've updated the docs in #3103.