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> But, as you can imagine, manually linking dotfiles quickly becomes laborious and error-prone. One solution is to create a script that links the files for you,
by kart23 5y ago
> But, as you can imagine, manually linking dotfiles quickly becomes laborious and error-prone. One solution is to create a script that links the files for you, but I think there’s a better way.
Yeah I have no issues doing this. I can count on any machine having bash and git, and I don't have to relearn how the tool works every few months.
- ahmedalsudani 5y agoIt’s not an either/or :) I use a bash script which invokes stow. The good: it’s a little easier that way because stow handles edge cases (e.g. existing symlink) in a sane way. The bad: it’s annoying because stow has to be installed and it refuses to descend into subdirs. So, for example, if you want to stow type/desktop, you have to cd into type first. Basically it could be better... but it used to be worse.