Better chezmoi

Use chezmoi through an inspect, preview, apply, and verify loop. Keep source state, target state, local configuration, remote Git, and external effects distinct so a convenient command does not silently widen the user's request.

Operating contract

• Current reference evidence: official chezmoi documentation and release v2.71.0, checked 2026-07-15.
• Locally exercised command surface: chezmoi v2.70.2 on macOS, including a fully isolated source, destination, config, cache, and persistent-state harness.
• Version rule: run chezmoi --version and inspect chezmoi <command> --help before using a version-sensitive flag. The installed binary owns executable syntax; the scraped documentation supplies current concepts, examples, and newly released behavior.
• Authority rule: an explicit request to add, edit, apply, update, merge, or remove a named target authorizes that scoped effect. It does not authorize applying every target, enabling auto-push, rewriting remote history, exposing secrets, or destroying source and target state.
• Portability: show PowerShell-native forms for Windows users. Do not present POSIX shell arrays, command substitution, or mktemp as portable Windows syntax.

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