GNU Stow
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GNU Stow | dotfiles | |
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4 | 2 | |
548 | 18 | |
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9.2 | 7.6 | |
20 days ago | 3 months ago | |
Perl | Lua | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
GNU Stow
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GNU Stow is a very useful Perl program but it has some minor issues that need to be fixed
I use GNU Stow to symlink many shell and configuration files from a repository. It works so well and there are many webpages out there from people telling you how it's the best way to manage dotfiles.
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Is it a good idea to backup my filesystem on github?
Gnu Stow
- Give Your Dotfiles a Home with GNU Stow
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Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
Too bad that's broken for directory names: https://github.com/aspiers/stow/issues/33
dotfiles
- Neovim 0.5 Is Overpowering
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Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
You don't need symlinks, setup scripts, etc. Try this:
1. Bare git repo in your home directory ($HOME/.files)
2. Alias for prefixing git commands ("env GIT_WORK_TREE=$HOME GIT_DIR=$HOME/.files")
3. Strict .gitignore file (that ignores all files by default)
Simple to add files: `h git add .vimrc`
Have this set up for myself. Works great https://github.com/tmm/dotfiles
What are some alternatives?
chezmoi - Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
vim-multiple-cursors - True Sublime Text style multiple selections for Vim
yadm - Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
vim-cool - A very simple plugin that makes hlsearch more useful.
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
nix - my nix modules, overlays, host configurations, and more!
rcm - rc file (dotfile) management
dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
bashdot - Minimalist dotfile management framework.
neogit - An interactive and powerful Git interface for Neovim, inspired by Magit