chezmoi.cheat

% chezmoi

# Add file to be managed by chezmoi

chezmoi add <file>

# Check what changes that chezmoi will make to your home directory

chezmoi diff

# Apply changes to your home directory  

chezmoi apply -v

# Edit file

chezmoi edit <file>

# invoke a merge tool (by default vimdiff) to merge changes between the current contents of the file, the file in your working copy, and the computed contents of the file:

chezmoi merge <file>

# On any machine, you can pull and apply the latest changes from your repo

chezmoi update -v

# Install your dotfiles on new machine with a single command

chezmoi init --apply https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>.git

# Encrypt file
chezmoi add --encrypt <file>

# To force a refresh the downloaded archives
chezmoi --refresh-externals apply

# Add attribute to file

$addattr: echo -e "+after\n+before\n+empty\n+encrypted\n+exact\n+executable\n+modify\n+once\n+onchange"

chezmoi chattr <addattr> <file>

# Remove attribute to file

$delattr: echo -e "-after\n-before\n-empty\n-encrypted\n-exact\n-executable\n-modify\n-once\n-onchange"

chezmoi chattr -- <delattr> <file>

# Pull the changes from your repo and apply them in a single command

chezmoi update

# Pull the latest changes from your repo and see what would change, without actually applying the changes

chezmoi git pull -- --rebase && chezmoi 

# Install chezmoi and your dotfiles on a new machine with a single command

sh -c "$(curl -fsLS https://chezmoi.io/get)" -- init --apply $GITHUB_USERNAME

# setting up transitory environments (e.g. short-lived Linux containers) you can install chezmoi, install your dotfiles, and then remove all traces of chezmoi, including the source directory and chezmoi's configuration directory

sh -c "$(curl -fsLS https://chezmoi.io/get)" -- init --one-shot $GITHUB_USERNAME