chezmoi

Managing three macOS machines from one dotfiles repo — with machine-specific brew packages, credentials, and shell configs.

Getting Started

01 Init & Add Install chezmoi, initialize from your existing dotfiles repo, and bring your first file under management. ~10 min
02 Templates & Machine Detection Use Go templates and .chezmoi variables to render different configs per machine. ~12 min
03 Custom Data Files Define machine_type, package lists, and feature flags in .chezmoidata.toml. ~10 min

Automation

Daily Use

Advanced

Reference

— Glossary Key terms for chezmoi dotfile management, templates, and scripts. ref

Course: chezmoi — 10 lessons on managing dotfiles across multiple macOS machines.

Total course time: ~102 minutes · 10 lessons · Interactive quizzes in each

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