[twp]

Fair point. If you're interested in why chezmoi took this particular approach, I wrote a few FAQs on its design:

Why chezmoi doesn't use symlinks: https://www.chezmoi.io/user-guide/frequently-asked-questions...

General design FAQs: https://www.chezmoi.io/user-guide/frequently-asked-questions...

[Barrin92]

That's honestly very helpful. I wasn't aware of edit.watch which is pretty much what I wanted.