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docs: Minor expansion of application order docs #3201

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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/application-order.md
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Expand Up @@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ chezmoi is deterministic in its order of application. The order is:
2. Read the destination state.
3. Compute the target state.
4. Run `run_before_` scripts in alphabetical order.
5. Update entries in the target state (files, directories, scripts, symlinks,
etc.) in alphabetical order of their target name.
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.
Expand All @@ -26,3 +28,9 @@ chezmoi's behavior when the above assumptions are violated is undefined. For
example, using a `run_before_` script to update files in the source or
destination states violates the assumption that the source and destination
states do not change while chezmoi is running.

!!! note

External sources are updated during the update phase; it is inadvisable for
a `run_before_` script to depend on an external applied *during* the update
phase. `run_after_` scripts may freely depend on externals.