Manage your Dotfiles with Github and GNU Stow: My Development Workflow Part 3
Ready to manage your Dotfiles like a pro? Stop manually copying configurations and start using a powerful, flexible system!
In this video, I'll walk you through my entire workflow for professional dotfile management. You'll learn exactly how to:
1. Create an account on GitHub and set up your own dedicated repository.
2. Selectively choose which files and folders to track.
3. Create a flexible setup with help of GNU Stow—the lightweight symlink manager that makes linking your configs a breeze!
This setup is perfect for developers, system administrators, or anyone who wants a reproducible environment across multiple machines.
00:00 Overview
01:45 Select files and folders for GitHub
02:23 Create a GitHub account
03:41 Create a new repository
04:58 Clone the new repository
06:47 Push changes to the repository
13:13 Manage Dotfiles woth GNU Stow
GitHub:
👉 https://github.com
GNU Stow:
👉 https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/sto...
The dotfiles from the video are available here:
👉 https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/hyp...
Hyprland Wiki:
👉 https://wiki.hypr.land/
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👉 ML4W OS - Dotfiles for Hyprland: https://ml4w.com/os
👉 ML4W Dotfiles Installer: https://ml4w.com/dotfiles-installer
👉 ML4W Hyprland Starter: https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/hyp...
👉 ML4W Hyprland Starter Wiki: https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/hyp...
👉 ML4W Hyprland Settings App: https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/hyp...
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