chezmoi

Installation
SKILL.md

Chezmoi Dotfiles Management

CRITICAL SAFETY RULES

⚠️ NEVER run these without explicit user confirmation:

  • chezmoi apply — overwrites local files with source state (destructive to local edits)
  • Anything with --force

✅ Safe anytime: chezmoi add, chezmoi diff, chezmoi status, chezmoi managed, chezmoi source-path, chezmoi execute-template.

Reading chezmoi diff — direction matters

chezmoi diff shows the patch that chezmoi apply WOULD make:

  • - lines = current LOCAL file content (destination, what you have now)
  • + lines = SOURCE-rendered content (what apply would write)
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Mar 15, 2026
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