Apologies - I am a relative novice. I am strugling to find the best way of splitting my automations into different files (for clarity as there are many automations).
I would prefer to see the list of files in te same place as my current automations file i.e. avoid having to delve into a subfolder. But the only way I can find is to make a new “directory” (in this case is this the same as a folder?) and use one of the “advanced” !include commands (and unsure which of these would be best to use anyway…).
Can anyone point me in the right direction for either my prefered option or the best subfolder-based option? I have looked at a few of the examples of configs online but cannot see any showing a solution to my problem. Any pointers gratefully received
I use packages, i.e. I have files per area of interest (solar/ electicity / transport /etc.) in which I add any type of integration so they stay nicely together which is also great when they are referrring one another
I personally use !include_dir_merge_list for my YAML automations. This allows you to create a subfolder and place your YAML automations in here in as many files as you like. You could have one for “Lights”, “Switches” etc, or even one automation per file, it doesn’t matter with the merge type. There is a good example of this right at the bottom of the splitting the configuration doc.
Personally I think this is the easiest type (as long as you remember to start all entries with a hyphen) but it doesn’t satisfy your wish of having them all on the top level (although depending how you split them up, it might be neater in a subfolder anyway!)
