My dotfiles

Installation

git clone link .dotfiles
cd .dotfiles

then use GNU stow to create symlinks

# the files inside bash belong to the home folder so we don't need --target
stow bash/

# .zshenv needs to load before .zshrc
ln -s .dotfiles/.zshenv ../.zshenv
# before using --target create an empty ~/.config/zsh
stow zsh/ --target ~/.config/zsh

stow helix/ --target ~/.config/helix/
stow git/ --target ~/.config/git/
stow gitui/ --target ~/.config/gitui/
stow fish/ --target ~/.config/fish/
stow yazi/ --target ~/.config/yazi/
stow wsl-scripts/ --target ~/.local/wsl-scripts/

NOTE: Install after setting XDG so that stuff gets put where it sould TODO: make install script

Explanation

to manage nested folders you can create a nested .config structure

.dotfiles
└── helix
    └── .config
        └── helix
            └── config.toml

# to stow
stow helix
# to unstow
stow -D helix

this will symlink the whole helix directory helix -> ../.dotfiles/helix/.config/helix

or instead of creating the nested .config structure, use --target

# to stow
mkdir ~/.config/helix
stow helix --target=~/.config/helix
# to unstow:
stow -D helix --target=~/.config/helix

but this does not symlink the whole helix directory(it symlinks what's inside it) so if you add another file at the root helix folder you have to restow

NOTE: try this stow --verbose --restow --target=$HOME --dotfiles $(dirname $0)

sibouras/dotfiles

My dotfiles

Installation

Explanation