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## Use chezmoi on Windows


### Detect Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

WSL can be detected by looking for the string `Microsoft` in
`/proc/kernel/osrelease`, which is available in the template variable
WSL can be detected by looking for the string `Microsoft` or `microsoft` in
`/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease`, which is available in the template variable
`.chezmoi.kernel.osrelease`, for example:

WSL 1:
```
{{ if (eq .chezmoi.os "linux") }}
{{ if (contains "Microsoft" .chezmoi.kernel.osrelease) }}
# WSL-specific code
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
```

WSL 2:
```
{{ if (eq .chezmoi.os "linux") }}
{{ if (contains "microsoft" .chezmoi.kernel.osrelease) }}
# WSL-specific code
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
```

WSL 2 since version 4.19.112:
```
{{ if (eq .chezmoi.os "linux") }}
{{ if (contains "microsoft-WSL2" .chezmoi.kernel.osrelease) }}
# WSL-specific code
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
```
{{ if (eq .chezmoi.os "linux") }}
{{ if (.chezmoi.kernel.osrelease | lower | contains "microsoft") }}
# WSL-specific code
{{ end }}
{{ end }}

### Run a PowerShell script as admin on Windows

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Interesting, I always used env variables for that and never found a problem.

https://github.com/felipecrs/dotfiles/blob/master/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl#L12

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