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SKILL.md

Chezmoi Expertise

Comprehensive guidance on managing dotfiles with chezmoi, including templating, cross-platform configuration, and secret management.

File Naming Conventions

Prefix System

  • dot_. (hidden files)
  • private_ → Sets 0600 permissions
  • readonly_ → Sets 0444 permissions
  • executable_ → Sets executable bit
  • run_ → Scripts that run (once, onchange, always)
  • modify_ → Modifies existing files
  • create_ → Creates files if they don't exist
  • symlink_ → Creates symbolic links

Suffix System

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