description: Every alias and alias-like helper across fish, bash, and zsh, and where each one is defined.
---
## Single source
`.chezmoidata/aliases.yaml` holds the shell-agnostic aliases as a list of sections, each with `name`/`cmd` items. chezmoi loads the file as template data ([chezmoi data](/chezmoi/data)), and `dot_config/shell/aliases.sh.tmpl` ranges over it to produce `~/.config/shell/aliases.sh`, which `~/.bashrc` and `~/.zshrc` source:
```yaml .chezmoidata/aliases.yaml
aliases:
- section: "Editors / file managers"
items:
- { name: "e", cmd: "nvim" }
# …
```
```text ~/.config/shell/aliases.sh
# Editors / file managers
alias e='nvim'
```
To add an alias for bash and zsh, add it to the YAML and run `chezmoi apply`.
:::note
The YAML and template comments say fish renders the same data through `fish/conf.d/20-aliases.fish.tmpl`. That template no longer exists. `dot_config/fish/conf.d/20-aliases.fish` is a plain, hand-maintained fish file, so a YAML change does not reach fish. The fish column below shows where the two sets differ.
:::
## Shared aliases
A ✓ means the alias exists in that shell with the command shown. Where fish uses a different command, the fish command is shown instead.
### Editors / file managers
| Alias | bash / zsh (YAML) | fish (`20-aliases.fish`) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `e` | `nvim` | ✓ |
| `e.d` | `cd ~/.config/dotstate/storage/Rogz/.config && yazi` | not defined |
The fish `e.f`, `e.h`, `e.k`, and `e.n` aliases open the chezmoi source tree directly. In symlink mode, `~/.config/<tool>` files are symlinks into that tree, so both versions edit the same files. yazi and tmux are external checkouts in `~/.config`, so `e.y` and `e.t` open them there.
