🔧 Chezmoi Variables

The dotfiles repository provides several variables that can be used in templates and scripts.

User Information

• firstname / lastname / name — Your name (prompted on first run).
• username — System username (prompted on first run).
• email — Your email address (prompted on first run).
• githubUsername — Your GitHub username (auto-detected from email or git remote).

Environment Detection

• codespaces — Running in GitHub Codespaces (true / false).
• devcontainer — Running in a dev container (true / false).
• wsl — Running in Windows Subsystem for Linux (true / false).
• ci — Running in CI environment (true / false).
• installType — Installation mode (light or full).

Hardware tokens

• useYubiKey — When true, the SSH config is wired for a hardware-backed FIDO2 key (~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk) and the 1Password SSH agent include is skipped. Defaults to false to preserve the existing 1Password flow. See yubikey.md for the provisioning workflow.

Windows Enterprise (Windows and WSL)

• isEntraIDJoined — Device is Entra ID (Azure AD) joined.
• isIntuneJoined — Device is Intune (MDM) enrolled.
• isEntraRegistered — Device is Entra ID registered / workplace joined.
• isADDomainJoined — Device is Active Directory domain joined.
• entraIDTenantName — Entra ID tenant name (for example, Microsoft).
• entraIDTenantId — Entra ID tenant ID (GUID).
• isWork — Device is joined to a *Microsoft tenant.

Shell Environment Variables

These variables are also exposed as environment variables in your shell:

• PowerShell: $env:CHEZMOI_* (for example, $env:CHEZMOI_IS_ENTRA_ID_JOINED, $env:CHEZMOI_ENTRA_ID_TENANT_NAME).
• Bash / Zsh: $CHEZMOI_* (for example, $CHEZMOI_IS_ENTRA_ID_JOINED, $CHEZMOI_ENTRA_ID_TENANT_NAME).
• Fish: $CHEZMOI_* (for example, $CHEZMOI_IS_ENTRA_ID_JOINED, $CHEZMOI_ENTRA_ID_TENANT_NAME).