My dotfiles

I am using GNU Stow to symlink my dotfiles to their correct locations in my $HOME directory.

Cloning this repo

git clone https://github.com/lemonase/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles/config

Installing `stow` on Linux and macOS

# Ubuntu/Debian
apt install stow

# Fedora/RHEL
dnf install stow

# Arch
pacman -S stow

# macOS
brew install stow

Using `stow`

# Installing all symlinks
stow -t "$HOME" -S *

# Uninstalling all symlinks
stow -t "$HOME" -D *

# Repairing all symlinks
stow -t "$HOME" -R *

# Installing specific dotfiles
stow -t "$HOME" -S git

If there are no errors, everything in that directory should be symlinked. Check by doing a quick ls -al ~/

Troubleshooting

Error: File conflicts

WARNING! stowing git would cause conflicts:
  * existing target is neither a link nor a directory: .gitconfig

Solution

Delete or move file in question

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