tldr/pages/common/chezmoi.md

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Chezmoi

A multi-machine dotfile manager, written in Go. More information: https://chezmoi.io.

  • Initialize chezmoi on your machine:

chezmoi init

  • Tell chezmoi to manage a dotfile:

chezmoi add {{path/to/file}}

  • Edit the source state of a tracked dotfile:

chezmoi edit {{path/to/file}}

  • See changes chezmoi would make:

chezmoi diff

  • Apply the changes:

chezmoi -v apply

  • Set chezmoi up on another machine by downloading existing dotfiles from a Git repository:

chezmoi init {{https://example.com/path/to/repository.git}}

  • Fetch the latest changes from a remote repository:

chezmoi update