Seperate file for waketime.cfg/[settings] from [internal]

[ryanerwin]

I like to use dotbot to help keep a large fraction of my dotfiles consistent between machines.

Ideally I would like to symlink Dotfiles/waketime.cfg to -> ~/.wakatime.cfg

The only problem is the [internal] section of the .cfg file is continually updated... So if I symlinked it directly, I would forever be committing new timestamps into version control.

[internal]
cli_version = v1.22.2
cli_version_last_modified = Mon, 06 Sep 2021 00:31:16 GMT¬
backoff_at                =
backoff_retries           = 0

Ideally it would be nice if the [internal] section was in it's own separate file.

Also, it would be ideal if you did something like:

~/.config/wakatime/wakatime.cfg and put the wakatime.bdb, .data .db and .log in there as well, so that our home folder can stay a little bit more orderly.

Of course it's possible to template the config file, which is tiny anyway, or just copy it over...

Just would be nice if it worked a little bit more like all of the other programs that I use work.

[alanhamlett]

We'll add a config to the main ~/.wakatime.cfg called internal_config_location. When that key is present, it will use the location provided for internal configs instead of modifying ~/.wakatime.cfg.

[alanhamlett]

Would #464 will fix this, so you can include a cfg file containing your api key and other synced settings?

[nagromc]

I use a dotfiles manager (chezmoi) as well, and this constant external update is pretty annoying.

I think the current ~/.wakatime.cfg is mixing up two things:

• the user configuration. For instance:

  [settings]
  api_key = foobar
  

• the internal data needed by WakaTime (the [internal] section)

I think this should be split in two separate files without any additional configuration.

If you prefer not implement this out-of-the-box behavior, the solution suggested with the new internal_config_location option is the best because the solution suggested in #464 will force us to initialize the ~/.wakatime.cfg manually before using WakaTime, which will defeat the whole purpose of having a dotfiles manager.

[alanhamlett]

We're now defaulting to ~/.wakatime-internal.cfg for all internal configs, without needing any internal_config_location setting. You'll have to restart your editor to get the updated wakatime-cli with this change.