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Configuration

Confidant uses libucl for configuration, which provides a very comfortable, flexible and easy to use syntax.

repository: {
    url: https://codeberg.org/wreedb/config.git
}

links: {
    neovim: {
        source: ${repo}/.config/nvim
        dest: ${HOME}/.config
        type: directory
    }
}

As you may notice, there are string-interpolation variables; They are built-in, and Confidant provides a number of them for convenience. All of the variables defined here can be written in full upper or lower case. Below is a list of the different variables provided for use in the configuration.

REPO or repo

The directory containing your local configuration file

HOME or home

Your home directory

USER or user

The value of USER in the environment, or the invoking users' passwd username entry, equivalent to $(id -un).

XDG_CONFIG_HOME or xdg_config_home

The value of XDG_CONFIG_HOME in the environment, or alternatively ${HOME}/.config.

XDG_CACHE_HOME or xdg_cache_home

The value of XDG_CACHE_HOME in the environment, or alternatively ${HOME}/.cache.

XDG_DATA_HOME or xdg_data_home

The value of XDG_DATA_HOME in the environment, or alternatively ${HOME}/.local/share.

XDG_STATE_HOME or xdg_state_home

The value of XDG_STATE_HOME in the environment, or alternatively ${HOME}/.local/state.

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR or xdg_runtime_dir

The value of XDG_RUNTIME_DIR in the environment, or alternatively /run/user/$(id -u).