dotfiles

Versioning dotfiles using git and stow.

Show what would happen (-n)

stow -nvt ~ *

Stow (start tracking new files)

This moves the target file (from ~) into the /dotfiles/ directory and sets up a symlink to it. stow --adopt -nvt ~ * or stow --adopt -nvt ~ <tool>

ex: stow --adopt -nvt ~ bash

Restore

This will create a symlink in the target dir (~) pointing to the files in the tool dir

git clone git@github.com:zendril/dotfiles.git

stow -t ~ <tool>

ex: stow -t ~ bash