chattr modifier target...

Change the attributes and/or type of targets. modifier specifies what to modify.

Add attributes by specifying them or their abbreviations directly, optionally prefixed with a plus sign (+). Remove attributes by prefixing them or their attributes with the string no or a minus sign (-). The available attribute modifiers and their abbreviations are:

Attribute modifier	Abbreviation
after	a
before	b
empty	e
encrypted	none
exact	none
executable	x
external	none
once	o
private	p
readonly	r
remove	none
template	t

The type of a target can be changed using a type modifier:

Type modifier
create
modify
script
symlink

The negative form of type modifiers, e.g. nocreate, changes the target to be a regular file if it is of that type, otherwise the type is left unchanged.

Multiple modifications may be specified by separating them with a comma (,). If you use the -modifier form then you must put modifier after a -- to prevent chezmoi from interpreting -modifier as an option.

Common flags

-r, --recursive

Recurse into subdirectories.

Examples

chezmoi chattr template ~/.bashrc
chezmoi chattr noempty ~/.profile
chezmoi chattr private,template ~/.netrc
chezmoi chattr -- -x ~/.zshrc
chezmoi chattr +create,+private ~/.kube/config