How To ACTUALLY Manage Dotfiles with Stow | Full Guide + Git Workflow
Create and organize your dotfiles, use GNU Stow for symlinks, set up your configuration on a new device, and keep different setups for multiple machines keeping your dotfiles clean, consistent, and easy to maintain because there’s no point in a great setup if it’s a headache to manage.
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⏳ Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:56 stow on a new device
01:40 stow directory structure
02:28 setting up stow file names
02:57 ~/ home dir structure
04:00 ~/.config dir structure
04:53 before running stow symlinks
05:36 stow a file in home dir
07:49 Unstow
08:50 stowing from ~/.config directory
10:00 stowing a single file from a dir
10:57 tips on managing dotfiles
11:38 typical pain points
12:54 Track multiple machine configs
13:15 stow device specific config
15:54 Final thoughts
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