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     . ~/.sshrc
 fi
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+
+=== cygwin
+
+When using cygwin, the `chezmoi` executable has defaults for Windows.
+That means the default HOME dir is the Windows `%USERPROFILE%` directory.
+To provide the managed files to the cygwin path `/home/user` the target directory has to be adjusted while calling `chezmoi`.
+
+[source,console]
+----
+H:\>chezmoi apply -D C:\cygwin64\home\user
+
+H:\>chezmoi -D C:\cygwin64\home\user managed
+C:\cygwin64\home\user\.gitconfig
+C:\cygwin64\home\user\.solarize_colors
+C:\cygwin64\home\user\.solarize_colors_base
+C:\cygwin64\home\user\.sshrc
+C:\cygwin64\home\user\.vimrc
+C:\cygwin64\home\user\bin
+----
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