Dotfiles

Managing dotfiles between boxes.

ln -sf "$PWD/nvim" ~/.config/nvim

Setup

Clone the repo to your home directory.

$ git clone https://github.com/natemeier/dotfiles

This uses GNU Stow to manage symbolic links between files in this repository and the home directory, inspired by this.

Install stow

Use the package manager for your system. I pretty much stick to OSX and Ubuntu.

OSX

$ brew install stow

Debian

$ sudo apt-get install stow

Using Stow

Change into the dotfiles directory and use stow to selectively symlink files. You may need to re/move existing copies to make room for you new, version-controlled files.

The flag -t allows you to set the symlink target. In this case, I want my dotfiles to be in my home directory.

$ cd ~/path/to/dotfiles
$ stow git -t ~
$ stow vim -t ~