What is the "| quote" syntax in a template?

[PaulRBerg]

I was reading the Manage machine-to-machine differences guide, when I noticed this syntax:

{{ .email | quote }}

I gather that this is a mustache-like templating system, but I'm not quite sure what is the | quote syntax doing?

Does it simply add quotes to the value?

[twpayne]

As described in the templating guide, chezmoi uses Go's text/template. The | quote takes the value of what's on the left hand side of the | and quotes it as a string, including escaping any special characters like \ and ".

You could use

"{{ .email }}"

but, depending on the exact context, this will break if .email contains any backslashes, double quotes, or newlines.

[PaulRBerg]

Thanks! And sorry, I missed the Templating guide.