Manage dotfiles with GNU Stow

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stow linux dotfiles

I use GNU stow to manage all the important dotfiles.

Instructions

  1. Create a repo called dotfiles in your $HOME directory
  2. Recreate the directory structure for the files you want to manage as subdir(s) of that directory.
mkdir -p ~/.dotfiles/bash
mv ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_logout ~/.dotfiles/bash
cd ~/.dotfiles
stow bash

Stow will create symlink for each file.

.bashrc -> dotfiles/bash/.bashrc

Don´t forget to add this file to your git repo. Commit and push to remote and your done.