Script execution not following ASCII / alphabetical order in subdirectories about chezmoi HOT 2 CLOSED

The subdirectory is part of the target path/name. If it wasn't, you could easily run into collisions with identically named files in separate directories. .chezmoiscripts entries still have a target path despite no file in the destination state being created.

From https://www.chezmoi.io/reference/application-order:

4. Run run_before_ scripts in alphabetical order.
5. Update entries in the target state (files, directories, externals, scripts, symlinks, etc.) in alphabetical order of their target name. Directories (including those created by externals) are updated before the files they contain.
6. Run run_after_ scripts in alphabetical order.

Target names are considered after all attributes are stripped.

chezmoi\home
❯ Get-ChildItem -File -Path @('.\.chezmoiscripts\global\', '.\.chezmoiscripts\darwin\', '.\.chezmoiscripts\linux\') | ForEach-Object { [System.IO.Path]::GetRelativePath((chezmoi target-path), (chezmoi target-path $_)) } | Sort-Object
.chezmoiscripts\darwin\10_setup-install-homebrew.sh
.chezmoiscripts\darwin\20_setup-brew-packages.sh
.chezmoiscripts\global\00_bootstrap_decrypt-age-key.sh

(Note how I deliberately accumulated the source directories in a non-alphabetical order and then finally sorted the target paths relative to the destination directory)

If the script really is global as you mention, consider moving it outside of the subdirectory i.e. .chezmoiscripts/run_before_00_bootstrap_decrypt-age-key.sh.tmpl:

chezmoi\home
❯ Get-ChildItem -File -Path @('.\.chezmoiscripts\darwin\', '.\.chezmoiscripts\linux\', '.\.chezmoiscripts\') | ForEach-Object { [System.IO.Path]::GetRelativePath((chezmoi target-path), (chezmoi target-path $_)) } | Sort-Object
.chezmoiscripts\00_bootstrap_decrypt-age-key.sh
.chezmoiscripts\darwin\10_setup-install-homebrew.sh
.chezmoiscripts\darwin\20_setup-brew-packages.sh

(Again, note the deliberate incorrect order in which I generate the target paths, before sorting them)

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Thanks for the clear and excellent explanation @bradenhilton

Target names are considered after all attributes are stripped.

This was the lightbulb moment in the documentation for me.

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