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If you're managing dotfiles with Make (which I attempted once...) then may I direct you to GNU Stow instead? It's much easier to manage a bunch of files central
by jeffbr13 13y ago
If you're managing dotfiles with Make (which I attempted once...) then may I direct you to GNU Stow instead? It's much easier to manage a bunch of files centrally and just symlink to them all:
http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to...
- voltagex_ 13y agoThe problem I seem to be having with various dotfiles tools is they seem to be doing too much, where a script with a bunch of calls to ln -s would do.
- chronomex 13y agoMay I introduce you to dircombine? Take multiple directories full of dotfiles and symlink them all into another directory. http://git.kitenet.net/?p=joey/home.git;a=blob_plain;f=bin/dircombine;hb=HEAD http://git.kitenet.net/?p=joey/home.git;a=blob_plain;f=bin/d...