How do I set variables?

[lkdm]

Here is my .chezmoidata.toml.tmpl:

{{ if eq .chezmoi.hostname "personal-pc" }}
systemContext = "home"
{{ else if eq .chezmoi.hostname "work-pc" }}
systemContext = "work"
{{ else }}
systemContext = "server"
{{ end }}

I've also tried to add this to the [data] section in the .chezmoi.toml.tmpl.

But when I run either chezmoi init or chezmoi apply I get:

at <.systemContext>: map has no entry for key "systemContext"

And as you can see it wasn't added as a variable.

$ chezmoi data | jq .systemContext
null

I'm very new to Go templating syntax, and so I appreciate the help.

[Lockszmith-GH]

This is an example I use:

{{- $sysname := promptStringOnce . "sysname" "System name" -}}
{{- $sysgroup := promptStringOnce . "sysgroup" "System group" -}}
{{- $sysarea := promptStringOnce . "sysarea" "System area" -}}
{{- $gitEmail := promptStringOnce . "gitEmail" "email address (for git commits)" -}}
{{- $gitName := promptStringOnce . "gitName" "Full name (for git commits)" -}}

[data]
{{- if ($sysname) }}
    sysname = {{ $sysname | quote }}
{{- end -}}
{{- if ($sysgroup) }}
    sysgroup = {{ $sysgroup | quote }}
{{- end -}}
{{- if ($sysarea) }}
    sysarea = {{ $sysarea | quote }}
{{ end -}}

{{ if ($gitEmail) }}
    gitEmail = {{ $gitEmail | quote }}
{{- end -}}
{{- if ($gitName) }}
    gitName = {{ $gitName | quote }}
{{- end }}

[diff]
#   command = "nvim"
#   args = ["-d",  "{{- "{{ .Destination }}" -}}", "{{- "{{ .Target }}" -}}"]

    command = "delta"
    args = ["--paging=never", "{{ "{{ .Destination }}" }}", "{{ "{{ .Target }}" }}"]
    pager = "delta"

If what you posted was your complete file, then you are missing the [data] header.

[lkdm]

Thanks for this, that was the issue for me.