It appears (again) Linux already has something I wanted. I manage dotfiles in git and wrote a script that checks recursively if file exists at $HOME and creates a symlink. Turns out, stow already solves this. My dotfile repo layout looks like this where dotfiles are encapsulated in root/: 1 2 3 4 ├── root │ ├── .aliases │ ├── .config │ │ ├── vimium-options.json Command to stimulate setup. Remove --simulate to apply. ...