# Reference

Welcome to the reference section of the chezmoi documentation.

This reference covers the following topics:

- [Key concepts](concepts.md)
- [Source state attributes](source-state-attributes.md)
- [Target types](target-types.md)
- [Application order of changes](application-order.md)
- [Configuration file](configuration-file/index.md)
- [Special files](special-files/index.md) and [special directories](special-directories/index.md)
- [Command line flags](command-line-flags/index.md)
- [Commands](commands/index.md)
- [Templates](templates/index.md)
    - [Variables](templates/variables.md)
    - [Directives](templates/directives.md)
    - [Functions](templates/functions/index.md)
- [Plugins support](plugins.md)
- [Release history](release-history.md)
