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Chezmoi

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

  • Setup up chezmoi, creating a Git repository in ~/.local/share/chezmoi:

chezmoi init

  • Start tracking one or more dotfiles:

chezmoi add {{path/to/dotfile1 path/to/dotfile2 ...}}

  • Edit the source state of a tracked dotfile:

chezmoi edit {{path/to/dotfile_or_symlink}}

  • See pending changes:

chezmoi diff

  • Apply the changes:

chezmoi -v apply

  • Set up chezmoi from existing dotfiles of a Git repository:

chezmoi init {{repository_url}}

  • Pull changes from a remote repository and apply them:

chezmoi update