My dotfiles

A collection of my config files (also known as 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

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 install.sh script

$ ./install.sh --help
dotfile symlink install script:
options:

install, i:
  install dotfile symlinks to $HOME directory

uninstall, u, delete, d, remove, r:
  uninstall dotfile symlinks to $HOME directory

repair, r:
  repair old dotfile symlinks

list, l:
  list symlinks files in home directory

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