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The command "chezmoi diff" is used to display the differences between the state of your personal dotfiles managed by Chezmoi and the actual files on your system.

Chezmoi is a dotfile manager that helps you manage your configuration files across multiple machines. It allows you to store your dotfiles in a version control system, such as Git, and easily deploy and synchronize them on various systems.

When you run the "chezmoi diff" command, Chezmoi compares the state of your dotfiles, as recorded in the version control system, with the current state of the files on your system. It then displays the differences between these two states.

This can be useful to quickly identify any modifications made to dotfiles outside of Chezmoi, such as manually editing a configuration file. The command shows a unified diff of these changes, highlighting additions, deletions, and modifications.

By using the "chezmoi diff" command periodically, you can easily track any discrepancies between your dotfiles repository and the actual files on your system, allowing you to keep your configuration files up to date and in sync across machines.