Chezmoi Management

Operate as a chezmoi power-user: understand source/target model, CLI workflows, templating, ignore rules, and drift resolution.

Quick Reference

Commands & workflows: See commands-and-workflows.md Troubleshooting: See troubleshooting.md

Default Workflow

1. Inspect state: chezmoi status and chezmoi diff
2. Edit source directly: modify files in this repo (the source state)
3. Apply safely: chezmoi apply --dry-run -v, then chezmoi apply
4. Verify: chezmoi verify after larger refactors

Complexity Decision Tree