dot-files

Some of my configuration files. See this comprehensive list for other offerings.

installation

Quick start (assumes GNU Stow is already installed; see below):

cd
git clone https://github.com/zackse/dot-files.git
cd dot-files

# install all:
stow --no-folding */

# or selected:
stow --no-folding bash python vim  # etc.

This repo is arranged for the use of GNU Stow for management/installation. You can install stow with your package manager. For example:

• apt-get install stow
• brew install stow

The stow command will create symlinks in the parent directory of the repo by default, meaning it expects this repository to be installed in $HOME/dot-files, for example. If you clone this repo to a different location, change to that directory, then run stow with the -t argument to target your home directory:

cd /path/to/dot-files
stow --no-folding -t ~ bash vim  # etc.

Each subdirectory of this repo is a package to be installed, meaning it contains files and/or directories that will be installed via symlinks. The --no-folding argument is necessary if you plan to put other stow-managed files into any subdirectories. For example, I have bash/.bashrc.d/work and bash/.bashrc.d/personal in another repo, and to install those alongside the files in this repo, it's necessary to prevent stow from folding directories.

further reading

• http://dotfiles.github.io/
• http://codyreichert.github.io/blog/2015/07/07/managing-your-dotfiles-with-gnu-stow/
• https://taihen.org/managing-dotfiles-with-gnu-stow/
• https://alexpearce.me/2016/02/managing-dotfiles-with-stow/