`run_onchange_` scripts are not re-executed after `chezmoi state delete-bucket --bucket=scriptState` about chezmoi HOT 4 CLOSED

Thanks for spotting this. This was actually a bug in the documentation. To clear the state of run_onchange_ scripts you have to run:

$ chezmoi state delete-bucket --bucket=entryState

#3423 updates the documentation.

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Thank you for the quick response. This is by far the best project I've discovered in a while.

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Is it somehow possible to call

chezmoi state delete-bucket --bucket=entryState

from inside a run_ script?

No. chezmoi stores its persistent state in a database that is locked while chezmoi is running. This is to ensure, as far as possible, that run_once_ scripts are run exactly once. Imagine having run_once_a and run_once_b, running chezmoi apply, and then interrupting chezmoi after run_once_a has finished but before run_once_b has finished. The use of the database means that chezmoi will record that run_once_a has been run the next time you run chezmoi apply. Due to limitations of the database used (BoltDB), only one writer is allowed at a time, so scripts cannot modify the database while chezmoi is running.

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Is it somehow possible to call

chezmoi state delete-bucket --bucket=entryState

from inside a run_ script?
If I do so I get the following error:

chezmoi: timeout obtaining persistent state lock, is another instance of chezmoi running?

My use case is the following: I have two scripts: run_onchange_1 and run_once_2. When I boostrap a new machine, both scipts are run in alphabetical order. In the event of a failure during the execution of the first script, which may occur due to the need for a system reboot, it remains important that both scripts complete their execution. Instead of abruptly terminating the first script with an exit 1 command, which would prevent the second script from running, I have implemented error handling to gracefully capture the error and allow the execution to continue. Consequently, both scripts are now marked as completed.
After a system reboot, I'd like to run chezmoi apply and only the first scipt is run again. So I somehow must clear the run-state of the first script, ideally from inside the first script once the error occurs.

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