Chezmoi - Tag - erdelynet.comhttps://erdelynet.com/tags/chezmoi/Chezmoi - Tag - erdelynet.comHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usmike@erdelynet.com (Michael Erdely)mike@erdelynet.com (Michael Erdely)2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:28:45 -0400Managing dotfiles Chezmoihttps://erdelynet.com/technical/managing-dotfiles-chezmoi/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:28:45 -0400mike@erdelynet.com (Michael Erdely)https://erdelynet.com/technical/managing-dotfiles-chezmoi/I had been trying to find a good way to manage my dotfiles for years. I tried having my $HOME be a git working directory. That worked well, but not really for keeping multiple systems in sync. I looked at stow but I didn’t reall like the way it worked. Then I found chezmoi. And it’s perfect!

The Basics

Chezmoi, stores its configuration in the source directory. On Linux/BSD, the default location is ~/.local/share/chezmoi. To get started, you’d run:

]]>