Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)

Re:Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012) by scaladev on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @06:00AM (#25568661)

Here's a better solution.

https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles

TL;DR:

  alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/src/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
  dotfiles add
  dotfiles commit
  ...

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Re:Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012) by StavrosK on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @06:07AM (#25568690)

I really like that solution, thanks. It also means I can easily move my current git dir to the new place and still have everything work.

Does anyone know if syncing a git repo over Syncthing (or similar) is a good idea or whether there are likely to be conflicts? I don't know if git names its files such that conflicts aren't possible.

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Re:Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012) by yesbabyyes on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @06:58AM (#25568944)

Brilliant, thanks!

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