Dotfiles

This repository contains my dotfiles managed with GNU Stow.

Setup

The global configuration in ~/.stowrc is set to:

--dir=/Users/jhirn/src/dotfiles
--target=/Users/jhirn

This means that:

• Stow will look for packages in /Users/jhirn/src/dotfiles
• Stow will create symlinks in /Users/jhirn (home directory)

Directory Structure

Dotfiles are organized in the home/ directory. For example:

dotfiles/
├── home/
│   ├── bash/
│   │   ├── .bashrc
│   │   └── .bash_profile
│   ├── vim/
│   │   └── .vimrc
│   └── git/
│       └── .gitconfig

Usage

To stow all packages:

cd /Users/jhirn/src/dotfiles
stow home

To stow a specific package (if you organize by application):

cd /Users/jhirn/src/dotfiles
stow -d home bash

Adding New Dotfiles

1. Create the appropriate directory structure in home/
2. Move your dotfile from ~ to the corresponding location in home/
3. Run stow home to create the symlinks

Removing Symlinks

To remove all symlinks:

cd /Users/jhirn/src/dotfiles
stow -D home

To remove symlinks for a specific package:

cd /Users/jhirn/src/dotfiles
stow -D -d home bash