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| author | Henry J. Webster <hwebs@hwebs.info> | 2026-07-30 12:04:12 -0500 |
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| committer | Henry J. Webster <hwebs@hwebs.info> | 2026-07-30 12:04:12 -0500 |
| commit | 348507638576563528b6a9ab5091ca906490dd51 (patch) | |
| tree | 2269e9b7fe8111bf8b0088837639d4ffcacf6628 /README.md | |
| parent | dc1b0050762fc115814119ea06518de5363fe038 (diff) | |
Convert dotfiles to GNU Stow package layout
Restructure into per-app stow packages (bash, emacs, mako) whose trees
mirror $HOME. Preserve emacs runtime data under the new package path and
update .gitignore accordingly. Add README documenting stow usage.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d9ff1e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# dotfiles + +Managed with [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/). +Each top-level directory is a stow *package* whose contents mirror the layout under `$HOME`. + +## Install + +This repo lives outside `$HOME`, so pass the target explicitly: + +```sh +cd ~/git/dotfiles +stow -t "$HOME" bash emacs mako +``` + +## Remove + +```sh +cd ~/git/dotfiles +stow -D -t "$HOME" bash emacs mako +``` + +## Restow (after moving/renaming files) + +```sh +stow -R -t "$HOME" bash emacs mako +``` |