Stow Config

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1. moves selected config files/directories (aka dotfiles) from 📂 source/ to 📂 target/
2. creates 🔗 symlinks for them 👆 instead (example: 📂 source/.zshrc @-> 📂 target/.zshrc)
3. now you can track those dotfiles in 📂 target/ using git

Inspired by GNU Stow

Installation

deno install --global \
    --allow-read --allow-write \
    --allow-env=HOME \
    --name stow \
    jsr:@mcha/stow-config

• --allow-read --allow-write to move configuration files and create symlinks for them.
• --allow-env=HOME to allow for paths that start with ~, such as ~/.config.
• --name stow can be set to something else, like --name stow-configs.

Usage

make sure $HOME/.deno/bin is in $PATH:

stow

. . .

Uninstall

deno uninstall --global stow

assuming it was installed with --name stow