sudo apt install stow
Lay out of stow
A folder tree of stow have the exact same structure with the one in your .config folder
For example, for polybar
mkdir -p ./polybar/.config/polybar
cd ./polybar/.config/polybar
touch config
touch launch.sh
Note that config
and lauch.sh
are empty files.
Stow is the command to create sym link that reflect the gathered dotfiles.
stow -nvt ~ *
#OR
stow -nvt ~
flac
* n: "no" - show what would happen/ stimulation.
* v: verbal
* S: DEFAULT, stow
* D: "delete", unstow
* t: "target directory", you should always use this flag for safe. If the flag is ommitted, the target is the parent of the current directory.
* *: stow everything
stow –adopt -vt ~ htop
* --adopt: swap the empty files with the current config ones, then create sym-links to those config files. This is used for the first time/ IN THE BEGINNING when you create the stow folder.
#Unlink the folder
stow -vDt ~ bash
unlink it first
stow -vDt rofi
add files then link back
stow -nvt ~ rofi
(n is ‘no’/ stimulation, then again with out the flag n)