Thanks for the suggestions, I'll implement them. In the short term, to chose files individually you can do: find ~/.config -type f > file-list $EDITOR fil

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll implement them. In the short term, to chose files individually you can do: find ~/.config -type f > file-list $EDITOR file-list # remove the ones you don't want imported xargs chezmoi add <file-list EDIT: Issues created: https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/issues/123 https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/issues/123 https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/issues/124 https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/issues/124