How to apply a template once without managing future changes?

[std-enigma]

I have monitors.lua.tmpl and variables.lua.tmpl managed by chezmoi.

I want chezmoi to create these files in ~/.config/hypr/ only once on a new machine. After that, I want to edit them locally without chezmoi tracking, diffing, or overwriting the changes.

chezmoi forget removes the source template, so it does not fit this use case.

Is there a built-in chezmoi way to apply a template once while keeping the template in the source repository?

[twpayne]

Yes, use the create_ attribute, i.e. rename the files to create_monitors.lua.tmpl and create_variables.lua.tmpl.