This repo contains dotfiles LailaTheElf uses in the home directory. It also contains a script (stow/dot-local/bin/stowhome) that uses GNU Stow to link them from all the correct spots.

Install

NOTE: this is made for ElfOS any other setup are not suported!

Install GNU Stow:

sudo pacman -Sy stow

Clone this repository to ~/.config/dotfiles.

git clone https://gitea.finnvanreenen.nl/LailaTheElf/stowhome.git -O "$HOME/.config/dotfiles"

Install stowhome

"$HOME/.config/dotfiles/stow/dot-local/bin/stowhome" stow

File structure

Of the repo, the root directory contains a folder for every package and the following files:

.stow-local-ignore: The ignore file for GNU Stow (uses Perl regex).
readme.md: This file.

The packages is essentially a chroot of the home directory. All the files in there are links to the corresponding place of the home directory (except the once matching a line in the .stow-local-ignore file).

The --dotfile option is used; this means files and directories starting with 'dot-' will be prepended with a dot. So dot-local will become .local. This is to prevent a repository full of hidden files.

Usage

Link the dotfiles (stewing)

stowhome <package> [<package> [<package> [...]]]

Where <package> is a directory from this repo or all foor all packages.

If the dotfiles already exist as normal files (not symlinks), it will skip this file. To overwrite the file in stow, use this command:

stowhome --adopt <package> [<package> [<package> [...]]]

To overwrite the dotfile, you can just remove or rename the file and then run stowhome again.

Unlink the dotfiles (destewing)

stowhome -D <package> [<package> [<package> [...]]]

Update dotfiles

To edit an already managed by stowhome dotfile, you can just edit it. The changes will update in the Git repository ($HOME/.config/dotfiles), but no commit will be made.

Overriding a file with one in this repo is easies by removing or renaming the file.