Dotfiles

Personal configuration files, managed with GNU Stow.

Quick Start

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/EmilPopovic/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles

Install GNU Stow:

sudo pacman -S stow

Link all dotfiles to your home directory:

cd ~/.dotfiles
stow .

Stow creates symlinks from ~/.dotfiles to your home directory, treating .dotfiles as ~.

Adding New Dotfiles

To add a new dotfile to the repository:

1. Move the file to .dotfiles with its relative structure

Move ~/.zshrc to ~/.dotfiles/.zshrc

mv ~/.zshrc ~/.dotfiles/.zshrc

Move entire directories

mkdir -p ~/.dotfiles/.config/nvim
mv ~/.config/nvim/* ~/.dotfiles/nvim/

2. Create the symlink

cd ~/.dotfiles
stow .

Stow automatically creates symlinks for all files in .dotfiles, mirroring their directory structure back to your home directory.

3. Commit to git

git add .
git commit -m "Add bashrc and nvim config"
git push

Removing Dotfiles

To remove all symlinks without deleting files:

cd ~/.dotfiles
stow -D .

Reapply symlinks:

stow .