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Managing dotfiles with GNU stow

alexpearce.me Managing dotfiles with GNU stow

How to organise and deploy dotfiles using GNU stow.

Does anyone have experience using GNU Stow for managing dot files? I'm especially interested in using it to build a git repo to include my .vimrc file so I can sync it between hosts.

I know I've seen other methods, such as making your home directory a bare git repo, so you can check-in your config files without moving them. There is also the chezmoi golang project.

How do others sync .vimrc between hosts?

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I prefer the portability of a simple git repo with a .gitignore for *.

See: https://drewdevault.com/2019/12/30/dotfiles.html
- I've never seen that in a .gitignore, seems straightforward enough. I guess most people prefer to use the git config option, but this works!

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