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Install on a New Machine

Prerequisites

  1. Install Homebrew:

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

  2. Install chezmoi:

    brew install chezmoi

Bootstrap

chezmoi init --apply https://github.com/harrymasson/dotfiles.git

During init, chezmoi will prompt:

Machine type (personal/work) [personal]:

Answer personal or work — this controls which config blocks are included (e.g. the GitHub SSH entry is personal-only). The answer is stored in ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml and never prompted again.

After applying

# Install all Homebrew packages
brew bundle --file="$(dirname "$(chezmoi source-path)")/Brewfile"

# Install tool versions (Node, Python via mise)
mise install

# Open a new shell to pick up the new config
exec zsh

Health check

chezmoi doctor

Reports any config issues, missing tools, or file drift.

Machine-specific config

The personal/work answer from init drives template conditions throughout the dotfiles. To change it later:

chezmoi init   # re-runs the prompt, updates ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
chezmoi apply  # re-applies templates with the new value

Local overrides that are never committed go in ~/.config/zsh/local/*.zsh.