Concepts
chezmoi evaluates the source state for the current machine and then updates the destination directory, where:
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The source state declares the desired state of your home directory, including templates and machine-specific configuration.
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The source directory is where chezmoi stores the source state, by default
~/.local/share/chezmoi
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The target state is the source state computed for the current machine.
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The destination directory is the directory that chezmoi manages, by default your home directory.
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A target is a file, directory, or symlink in the destination directory.
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The destination state is the current state of all the targets in the destination directory.
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The config file contains machine-specific configuration, by default it is
~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
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The working tree is the git working tree. Normally it is the same as the source directory, but can be a parent of the source directory.