chezmoi

chezmoi is a dotfile manager that keeps configuration files synchronized across machines using a git-backed source directory.

Setup

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml

[git]
    autoCommit = true
    autoPush = true

[merge]
command = "bash"
args = [
    "-c",
    "cp {{ .Target | quote }} {{ printf \"%s.base\" .Target | quote }} && code --new-window --wait --merge {{ .Destination | quote }} {{ .Target | quote }} {{ printf \"%s.base\" .Target | quote }} {{ .Source | quote }}",
]

autoCommit: Automatically commits changes after chezmoi apply
autoPush: Automatically pushes to remote after commit
merge: Custom merge command using VS Code's merge editor

Source Directory

~/.local/share/chezmoi/ - Git repository containing managed dotfiles

Managed Dotfiles

File/Directory	Description
`.bash_aliases`	Shell aliases
`.bashrc`	Bash configuration
`.tmux.conf`	Tmux configuration
`.config/opencode/`	OpenCode AI assistant config
`.gemini/settings.json`	Gemini CLI settings
`.ssh/authorized_keys`	SSH authorized keys (private)

OpenCode Config

The .config/opencode/ directory includes:

opencode.jsonc - Main OpenCode configuration
oh-my-opencode-slim.json - Slim preset configuration
executable_opencode-tmux-launch.sh - Script to launch OpenCode in tmux

Common Commands

# Edit a dotfile in the source directory
chezmoi edit ~/.bashrc

# Apply changes to the home directory
chezmoi apply

# See what would change
chezmoi diff

# Add a new file to chezmoi
chezmoi add ~/.newconfig

# Edit the config file
chezmoi edit-config

# Initialize chezmoi on a new machine
chezmoi init https://github.com/username/dotfiles.git

Workflow

Edit dotfiles with chezmoi edit (opens source file)
Apply changes with chezmoi apply
Changes auto-commit and push to git remote

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