removed private.lua; was a fail in mind.

.config/awesome/private.lua

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-private = {}
-private.thermal_zone = "thermal_zone1"
-private.net_device = "wlp4s0"
-private.battery = {"BAT0", "BAT1"}
-private.font_awesome = "11"
-private.font_xterm = "13"
-private.autostart = {
-    "kalu",
-    "amor",
-    "synclient TouchpadOff=1",
-    "nm-applet",
-    "pasystray",
-    "xfce4-clipman",
-    "xfce4-notes",
-    "xautolock -locker slock -time 5",
-    "/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1",
-    "redshift",
-}
-

.config/awesome/private.lua.example

@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 private = {}
-
 private.thermal_zone = "thermal_zone1"
-
-private.net_device = "wlp3s0"
-
+private.net_device = "wlp4s0"
 private.battery = {"BAT0", "BAT1"}
+private.font_awesome = "11"
+private.font_xterm = "13"
+private.autostart = {
+    "kalu",
+    "amor",
+    "synclient TouchpadOff=1",
+    "nm-applet",
+    "pasystray",
+    "xfce4-clipman",
+    "xfce4-notes",
+    "xautolock -locker slock -time 5",
+    "/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1",
+    "redshift",
+}
+

.gitignore

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 !.config
 !.config/awesome
 !.config/awesome/**
-!.config/awesome/private.lua
+.config/awesome/private.lua
 #!.config/mc
 #!.config/mc/ini
 !.config/user-dirs.dirs