dotfiles
Configuration is magic. Here is mine.
How to install.
The files in this repository must be symlinked to their respective paths in the $HOME folder. We can do this manually or using GNU Stow. Since GNU Stow can automatically manage symlinked files, it is the recommended tool for setting up the dotfiles.
The first step is to clone this repository in your $HOME folder:
git clone --recursive git@github.com:raptoravis/dotfiles.git ~/Dotfiles
1. Simulate changes
The first step is to run GNU Stow in simulation mode. This would warn about all possible errors without making any changes in the filesystem. You can do this with the command:
cd ~/Dotfiles
stow -n bash # For bash configuration
stow -n git # For git configuration
We may get some warning messages like the following one.
cd ~/Dotfiles
stow -n git
WARNING! stowing git would cause conflicts:
* existing target is neither a link nor a directory: .gitconfig
All operations aborted.
This means that the file .gitconfig exists before the symlinking. We need to
manually change its name so GNU Stow can create the symlink. My recommendation is
to rename it:
mv ~/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig.old
2. Make changes
After all conflicting files have been renamed, we should not get any warnings:
cd ~/Dotfiles
stow -n git
WARNING: in simulation mode so not modifying filesystem.
We can now write the changes to disk removing the -n modifier:
cd ~/Dotfiles
stow bash
stow git