edwinksl / dotfiles

Repository for dotfiles.

This is a repository for managing dotfiles by using stow. Read more about how to do this at http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html.

Instructions

Install packages

1. cd
2. git clone https://github.com/edwinksl/dotfiles.git
3. cd dotfiles/
4. List directory structure: tree -a -I ".git"
5. Copy symlinks for all packages: stow --adopt */

Delete packages

1. Delete symlinks for all packages: stow -D */

Restow packages

1. Restow all packages: stow -R */

Maintain targets

1. Check ~ for bogus symlinks: chkstow -t ~

Resources

1. stow documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/stow.html