dotfiles/AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md

chezmoi source for $HOME. mode = "symlink": plain files in $HOME are symlinks into this repo, so editing ~/.config/foo/bar edits dot_config/foo/bar directly. Templates (*.tmpl), private_, executable_ targets are rendered copies — edit the source, then chezmoi apply.

Config lives in three places. Check which one before editing.

1. Local (this repo)

dot_* trees committed here. Edit in place, commit here. Docs for each tool are in docs/; update the matching page when behavior changes.

• Never edit a rendered copy of a .tmpl; edit the .tmpl and run chezmoi apply <path>.
• Scripts: .chezmoiscripts/run_*. Data: .chezmoidata/*.yaml (packages, aliases, skills).
• Ignore rules: .chezmoiignore.tmpl. Repo docs (AGENTS.md, README.md, docs/) are listed there so they never land in $HOME.

2. Submodules (.gitmodules)

Path	Repo
dot_config/fish	prdlk/fish
dot_config/hypr	prdlk/hypr
dot_config/niri	prdlk/niri

Still applied by chezmoi like local files, but the git history is separate:

1. cd dot_config/<app>, edit, commit, push there.
2. cd back to the root and commit the updated submodule pointer.

Fresh clone: git submodule update --init.

3. Externals (.chezmoiexternals/*.toml, .chezmoiexternal.toml)

git-repo externals. chezmoi clones them into $HOME when missing and fast-forwards (--ff-only) at most every refreshPeriod. The source tree holds nothing for these — only the .toml.

Target	Repo	Declared in
~/.config/kitty	prdlk/kitty	.chezmoiexternals/kitty.toml
~/.config/ghostty	prdlk/ghostty	.chezmoiexternals/ghostty.toml
~/.config/tmux	prdlk/tmux	.chezmoiexternals/tmux.toml
~/.config/tmux-palette	prdlk/tmux-palette	.chezmoiexternals/tmux-palette.toml
~/.config/television	prdlk/television	.chezmoiexternals/television.toml
~/.config/yazi	prdlk/yazi	.chezmoiexternals/yazi.toml
~/.omp	prdlk/omp	.chezmoiexternals/omp.toml
~/.config/nvim	prdlk/nvim	.chezmoiexternal.toml (no refresh; local checkout wins)
~/.config/tmux/plugins/tpm	tmux-plugins/tpm	.chezmoiexternal.toml
~/.config/bat/syntaxes/sublime-purescript-syntax	tellnobody1/…	.chezmoiexternal.toml

Editing: cd ~/.config/<app> (the live checkout), edit, commit, push there. Nothing to commit in this repo. Do not chezmoi add these paths.

Local working copies under ~/Code/github.com/prdlk/<app> are ordinary clones of the same repos; ~/.config/<app> is the one chezmoi manages and the one tools read.

Pulling a remote change before the refresh window: chezmoi apply --refresh-externals ~/.config/<app> (or git pull in the checkout). --ff-only means a diverged local checkout silently stays put — commit or stash first.

Moving a config out to an external

1. Create the repo, copy the files (strip chezmoi prefixes; a symlink_x file becomes a real symlink), commit, push.
2. Add .chezmoiexternals/<app>.toml copying tmux.toml.
3. git rm -r dot_config/<app>; drop any <app>-specific lines from .chezmoiignore.tmpl / .gitignore.
4. mv ~/.config/<app> /tmp/bak && chezmoi apply --force ~/.config/<app>; diff against the repo, then delete the backup.
5. Update docs/ (the tool's page, docs/terminal/index.mdx or sibling index, docs/chezmoi/externals-and-ignore.mdx) and any alias pointing at the old source path (dot_config/fish/conf.d/20-aliases.fish, .chezmoidata/aliases.yaml).

Verify

• chezmoi diff empty after apply.
• chezmoi managed | grep <app> shows the target.
• Externals: git -C ~/.config/<app> status -sb clean and tracking origin/main.