Is there a way to output some messages in between .chezmoiexternal packages installation/updates?

[owpac]

Hello,

I have this really basic .chezmoiexternal.yaml.tmpl file:

".oh-my-zsh":
  type: "git-repo"
  url: "https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh.git"
  refreshPeriod: "168h"

".oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k":
  type: "git-repo"
  url: "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git"
  refreshPeriod: "168h"

".oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting":
  type: "git-repo"
  url: "https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git"
  refreshPeriod: "168h"

".oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions":
  type: "git-repo"
  url: "https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git"
  refreshPeriod: "168h"

".oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/autoupdate":
  type: "git-repo"
  url: "https://github.com/TamCore/autoupdate-oh-my-zsh-plugins"
  refreshPeriod: "168h"

I think there is a basic need to have some kind of delimiters when chezmoi is cloning or pulling those different packages. So I'm just trying to print some kind of message in between each package. Is this possible? Is this a new feature?

Thanks a lot.

[twpayne]

chezmoi has had a --progress flag that shows the progress of downloads since #2369. Is this sufficient?

[owpac]

I missed this parameter, but I'm not sure that it's the right solution for the need 🤔

What I was thinking, in my case, was something like this for .chezmoiexternal.yaml.tmpl:

".oh-my-zsh":
  type: "git-repo"
  url: "https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh.git"
  refreshPeriod: "168h"
  message: "Installing Oh My ZSH..."

And when chezmoi apply is executing, there is no message from git command, everything is muted (git clone, git pull, etc.).

Because in the case of type: "git-repo", there are couples of states possible (cloning, pulling or 'up to date') which are quite verbose but not needed in the context of chezmoi. Moreover, if you have multiple type: "git-repo", it's all packed up together and not really readable during any of those states.

Note: I couldn't make --progress worked 🤔

$ chezmoi apply --refresh-externals --progress on
Already up to date.
Already up to date.
Already up to date.
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