This repository contains my personal dotfiles. These are the base configuration files that I use to set up a new machine to my liking.

• GNU Stow
• Git

GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place.

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

First, clone this repository into your home directory.

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/bayleymauger/dotfiles.git

Then, navigate into the dotfiles directory and use stow to symlink the dotfiles into your home directory.

cd dotfiles
stow */

This will create a symlink for each item in the dotfiles/ directory in your home directory.

To add new dotfiles, simply create a new directory in the dotfiles/ directory, and place the dotfiles you want to manage in it. Then, run stow as described above.

To remove a symlink, navigate to your dotfiles/ directory and use the -D option with stow:

cd ~/dotfiles
stow -D directoryname

This will remove the symlink but leave the original file in place.

If you have suggestions for how I could improve this setup, please let me know or open an issue on GitHub.