chezmoi - Dotfiles Manager across multiple machines
summary
chezmoi is a single static binary that syncs dotfiles across Linux, macOS and Windows WSL, installs via Homebrew/Deb/RPM or one‑line script, and has ~2.6k GitHub stars. It uses a one-to-one mapping between repo files and $HOME, templates with prompted variables, and integrates secrets via GPG or password managers (onepass, keychain) with a private: prefix to set permissions. Demos show atomic writes that apply files across machines without corruption and easy git-backed distribution.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:19chezmoi in 10 minutes
- 0:33what is chezmoi?
- 1:45Why use dotfile manager?
- 2:17Demo
- 8:38Why use chezmoi?
- 9:20chezmoi under the hood
- 10:21chezmoi on the web:
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