Importing from ~/.ssh/config

sshelf import (or Ctrl-o in the TUI) copies hosts from ~/.ssh/config into sshelf’s own database. It is strictly read-only: sshelf parses the file and never writes back — your SSH config is not touched, ever.

sshelf import --dry-run    # preview what would be imported
sshelf import              # import

What it does:

• adds every host whose name isn’t already present in sshelf — re-running is safe, existing names are left alone;
• carries over the fields sshelf models (hostname, user, port, identity files);
• warns about directives it doesn’t import — Match, Include, ProxyJump — instead of silently mis-importing them.

Import brings everything in at once (there’s no per-host picker); curate afterwards with Ctrl-e / Ctrl-d, and organize with tags or sites. Your ~/.ssh/config keeps working exactly as before — sshelf’s database is independent of it by design (the FAQ explains why).

The reverse direction exists too: export projects your sshelf hosts back out as an Include fragment, so plain ssh/scp can use them by name.