mise dotfiles edit

• Usage: mise dotfiles edit [FLAGS] <TARGET>
• Effect: modifies state
• Source code: src/cli/dotfiles/edit.rs

Open a dotfile's source in your editor

Opens the file that defines TARGET in $VISUAL or $EDITOR: the source for symlink, copy, and template entries; the file itself for tracked and permissions-only entries; and the declaring config for inline content, absent entries, and edits without a source file.

An unmanaged target is first added to the global [dotfiles], as mise dot add --no-apply would add it, after a prompt that --yes skips. Without a terminal, an unmanaged target needs --yes. With --apply, applies the target after the editor exits.

Arguments

• <TARGET> — Target to edit

Flags

• --apply — Apply this target after the editor exits
• -m --mode <MODE> — Mode to use if the target is not managed yet: symlink, symlink-each, copy, or template (default: the dotfiles.default_mode setting)
• -s --source <PATH> — Source path to use if the target is not yet managed
• -y --yes — Skip the confirmation prompt when adding an unmanaged target
• --group <NAME> — Dotfile group whose tree holds the target, when several groups deploy into its directory
• --prompt-secrets — Prompt for [bootstrap.secrets] values that templates need and the environment does not set
• -h --help — Print help

Examples

Edit the source of ~/.zshrc

mise dot edit ~/.zshrc

Edit the source, then deploy it

mise dot edit --apply ~/.config/starship.toml

Related documentation

• Dotfiles.
• mise dotfiles [--local] <SUBCOMMAND>.
• Global flags and argument syntax.