https://harrycho.dev/Recent content on Harry ChoHugoen-usWed, 27 May 2026 09:07:43 -0700https://harrycho.dev/posts/stow/Wed, 27 May 2026 09:07:43 -0700https://harrycho.dev/posts/stow/<p>It appears (again) Linux already has something I wanted.</p> <p>I manage dotfiles in git and wrote a script that checks recursively if file exists at <code>$HOME</code> and creates a symlink.</p> <p>Turns out, <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/8/stow">stow</a> already solves this.</p> <p>My dotfile repo layout looks like this where dotfiles are encapsulated in <code>root/</code>:</p> <div class="highlight"><div class="chroma"> <table class="lntable"><tr><td class="lntd"> <pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code><span class="lnt">1 </span><span class="lnt">2 </span><span class="lnt">3 </span><span class="lnt">4 </span></code></pre></td> <td class="lntd"> <pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span class="line"><span class="cl">├── root </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">│   ├── .aliases </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">│   ├── .config </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">│   │   ├── vimium-options.json </span></span></code></pre></td></tr></table> </div> </div><p>Command to stimulate setup. Remove <code>--simulate</code> to apply.</p>