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mise dotfiles track

Track a file or directory in place

Adds a [dotfiles] entry with mode = "track": the file stays where it is, nothing is copied or linked, and history saves a checkpoint of it right away. With the history watcher service running, later edits are saved automatically; without it, mise dot save saves them.

--os and --profile declare a variant: a separate shared stream for machines matching that platform or mise environment, so a Mac and a Linux box can share the same live path with different contents.

Arguments

  • <PATH>… — Paths to track (absolute or starting with ~/)

Flags

  • --os <OS> — Declare a variant for this platform (macos, linux, linux/arm64, …)
  • --profile <PROFILE> — Declare a variant for this mise environment
  • --no-autosave — Save only on mise dot save <path>, never automatically
  • -y --yes — Accept without prompting
  • -h --help — Print help

Examples:

mise dot track ~/.zshrc ~/.config/hypr
mise dot track ~/.zshrc --os macos
mise dot track ~/.config/app/state.json --no-autosave
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