dotfiles

Personal configuration files managed with GNU Stow.

Prerequisites

Install git and stow first:

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt install git stow

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S git stow

macOS

brew install git stow

Installation

git clone ssh://git@quelloffen.ch/shm0rt/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles && cd ~/.dotfiles && stow --adopt . && git restore .

To apply or update configs

dotfiles_update

Adding new config files

# 1. Remove current symlinks
cd ~/.dotfiles && stow -D .

# 2. Copy the file structure from home to .dotfiles
# Example for adding ~/.config/nvim/init.vim:
mkdir -p ~/.dotfiles/.config/nvim
cp ~/.config/nvim/init.vim ~/.dotfiles/.config/nvim/

# 3. Remove original file and reapply stow
rm ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
stow .

Step-by-step process:

1. Unstow: stow -D . removes all symlinks
2. Create structure: Recreate the directory path in .dotfiles
3. Copy files: Copy the config file(s) you want to track
4. Remove originals: Delete the original files from home directory
5. Restow: stow . creates new symlinks including the new files

Example workflow:

# Adding zsh config
cd ~/.dotfiles && stow -D .
mkdir -p ~/.dotfiles
cp ~/.zshrc ~/.dotfiles/
rm ~/.zshrc
stow .

Notes

• SSH files are kept local and not tracked by git
• Use stow -D . to remove all symlinks
• Backup existing configs before first installation

Sources

Youtube-Video