Handling dynamic folder names, such as Firefox user.js

[x0ba]

I'd like to put my firefox user.js file in my chezmoi dotfiles, but I have yet to find out how to handle that. The user.js file goes into a differently named folder every time, /.mozilla/firefox/*.default-release. Is there a way to handle those in Chezmoi?

[nandalopes]

Perhaps using a link to another, fixed named folder, and keeping the target folder name in chezmoi config file.

After that, you can use a run_onchange script to update the link to the correct folder.

[bradenhilton]

I have a repo outlining how to do this, but it's currently under reconstruction to incorporate more recent chezmoi features.

Basically, you can do achieve it by adapting this profiles.ini template to your use case.

Thanks for the indirect nudge, I'll see if I can finish the repo soon.

[Lockszmith-GH]

I think your solution is actually not a chezmoi one, but a firefox one.

Firefox profiles can be anywhere you want them, and you can control that.
There is an .ini file in a pre-defined location pointing to all profiels, and then the profiles themselves.

I place my profile outside of the regular firefox direcotries, so I can do easy backups of it.

about:profiles will give you access to the create a new profile.
I don't remember the .ini file location, but I'm sure that's an easy google search away.

Hope this helps.

[Lockszmith-GH]

🤦 I wrote before reading, I see bradenhilton provided much more detail on exactly this.