Global command line flags

--cache directory

Use directory as the cache directory.

--color value

Colorize diffs, value can be on, off, auto, or any boolean-like value recognized by parseBool. The default is auto which will colorize diffs only if the the environment variable $NO_COLOR is not set and stdout is a terminal.

-c, --config filename

Read the configuration from filename.

--config-format json|toml|yaml

Assume the configuration file is in the given format. This is only needed if the config filename does not have an extension, for example when it is /dev/stdin.

-D, --destination directory

Use directory as the destination directory.

-n, --dry-run

Set dry run mode. In dry run mode, the destination directory is never modified. This is most useful in combination with the -v (verbose) flag to print changes that would be made without making them.

--force

Make changes without prompting.

-h, --help

Print help.

-k, --keep-going

Keep going as far as possible after a encountering an error.

--no-pager

Do not use the pager.

--no-tty

Do not attempt to get a TTY to read input and passwords. Instead, read them from stdin.

-o, --output filename

Write the output to filename instead of stdout.

--persistent-state filename

Read and write the persistent state from filename. By default, chezmoi stores its persistent state in chezmoistate.boltdb in the same directory as its configuration file.

-R, --refresh-externals

Refresh externals cache. See .chezmoiexternal.$FORMAT.

-S, --source directory

Use directory as the source directory.

--use-builtin-age value

Use chezmoi's builtin age encryption instead of an external age command. value can be on, off, auto, or any boolean-like value recognized by parseBool. The default is auto which will only use the builtin age if age.command cannot be found in $PATH.

The builtin age command does not support passphrases, symmetric encryption, or the use of SSH keys.

--use-builtin-git value

Use chezmoi's builtin git instead of git.command for the init and update commands. value can be on, off, auto, or any boolean-like value recognized by parseBool. The default is auto which will only use the builtin git if git.command cannot be found in $PATH.

-v, --verbose

Set verbose mode. In verbose mode, chezmoi prints the changes that it is making as approximate shell commands, and any differences in files between the target state and the destination set are printed as unified diffs.

--version

Print the version of chezmoi, the commit at which it was built, and the build timestamp.

-w, --working-tree directory

Use directory as the git working tree directory. By default, chezmoi searches the source directory and then its ancestors for the first directory that contains a .git directory.