chezmoi/edit

• chezmoi edit opens a config file in EnvVar/EDITOR

  • Example
    • chezmoi edit ~/.bashrc: open Bash/.bashrc in $EDITOR

• Chezmoi > User Guide > Editor

  • Use chezmoi with VIM

    • There's a telling line in here:

      • Alternatively, you can use an autocmd to run chezmoi apply whenever you save a dotfile, but you must disable chezmoi edit's hardlinking:
        

    • what does it say about chezmoi edit that it has "hardlinking"?
      • chezmoi edit normally uses hardlinks as an optimization and convenience mechanism.
      • The idea is:
        • your “source of truth” lives in the chezmoi source directory
        • your actual dotfile in $HOME is managed/generated from that source
        • when you run chezmoi edit ~/.zshrc, chezmoi temporarily makes the editable file and the source file refer to the same inode via a hardlink
      • So while you are editing, changes immediately affect the source file directly without needing an extra sync step.

• Chezmoi > Reference > Editor