Example with Coder dotfiles command

a_manual_dotfiles.sh

# ex. user manually applies dotfiles once logged in to workspace

$ coder dotfiles apply https://github.com/bpmct/dot
# Found install.sh. Run (yes/no): yes
# Copying files...

$ coder dotfiles apply https://github.com/holman/dotfiles
# Found script/bootstrap. Run (yes/no): yes
# Installing package x, y, and z...
# Running script a, b, c...

$ coder dotfiles apply https://github.com/craftzdog/dotfiles-public
# Cloning to $HOME/dotfiles
# Create symlink (yes/no): yes
# ✅ Symlinked $HOME/dotfiles to $HOME

b_builtin_dotfiles.tf

# ex. dotfiles built in to template

variable "dotfiles_uri" {
  description = <<EOT
Optional: specify a URL for your dotfiles repo
- see: https://dotfiles.github.io
EOT
  sensitive   = false # user-level variable
}

resource "coder_agent" "dev" {
  arch = "amd64"
  auth = "aws-instance-identity"
  os   = "linux"
  init_script<<EOT
# add dotfiles
if [ -n "${var.dotfiles_uri}" ]; then
  coder dotfiles apply ${var.dotfiles_uri} --yes
fi
EOT
}