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https://github.com/clayrisser/dotstow
Mirror of https://gitlab.com/risserlabs/community/dotstow
https://github.com/clayrisser/dotstow
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Mirror of https://gitlab.com/risserlabs/community/dotstow
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/clayrisser/dotstow
- Owner: clayrisser
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2017-08-16T23:49:45.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-03T11:34:24.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-03T09:33:41.949Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: bash, cli, dotfiles, git, github, posix
- Language: Shell
- Homepage: https://gitlab.com/risserlabs/community/dotstow
- Size: 1.26 MB
- Stars: 98
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 7
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# dotstow
> manage dotfiles with git and stow
`dotstow` is a tool to manage your dotfiles using Git and Stow.
It allows you to keep your dotfiles in a version control system
and easily sync them across multiple computers, even computers with
completely different operating systems.
## Install
To install dotstow, run the following command:
```sh
$(curl --version >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo curl -L || echo wget -O-) https://gitlab.com/risserlabs/community/dotstow/-/raw/main/install.sh 2>/dev/null | sh
```
or
```sh
git clone https://github.com/clayrisser/dotstow
cd dotstow
make install
```
## Usage
### 1. Initialize dotstow
To start using dotstow, you need to initialize it with your Git repository. Run the following command:
```sh
dotstow init
```
Replace with the your git repository. This will create a dotfiles folder in your home
directory at `~/.local/state/dotstow/dotfiles` and clone your git repository into it.
This location was chosen to comply with the
[XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html).
For convenience, the `~/.local/state/dotstow/dotfiles` location is also symlinked to `~/.dotfiles`.
> You can always find the location of your dotfiles by running the command `dotstow path`.
### 2. Stow a package
Once you have initialized dotstow, you can stow a package using the following command:
```sh
dotstow stow
```
Replace with the name of the package you want to stow. This will create symbolic links in
your home directory to the corresponding files in the package folder.
### 3. Sync dotfiles
To sync your dotfiles with the git repository, use the following command:
```sh
dotstow sync
```
This will pull any changes as well as commit and push any changes in your dotfiles
to the git repository.
> You can always check the git status of your dotfiles by running the command `dotstow status`.
## Organization
`dotstow` searches for packages in one of three folder: _global_, _\_, and _\_. These folders are
determined based on the operating system of your computer.
On Linux, the _\_ folder is called `linux` and the _\_ folder is the Linux distribution name,
for example `debian`, `suse`, `alpine` or `rhel`.
On macOS, dotstow sets _\_ to `darwin`. The _\_ folder is not supported on macOS.
The folders are searched in the following order:
- _\_
- _\_
- _global_
For example, if you're on a Linux machine with the _\_ set to `debian`, and you run the command `dotstow stow zsh`,
dotstow will look for the `zsh` package in the following folders, in order:
- `debian/zsh`
- `linux/zsh`
- `global/zsh`
If dotstow finds the `zsh` package in the `debian/zsh` folder, it will create symbolic links to the
files in that folder in your home directory.
## Example
You can use my dotfiles as an example, reference or even as a starting point for your dotfiles.
[gitlab.com/clayrisser/dotfiles](https://gitlab.com/clayrisser/dotfiles.git)
## Other Commands
`dotstow` provides several other commands to manage your dotfiles. Here is a list of some of them:
- `dotstow unstow `: Remove symbolic links to a package.
- `dotstow wizard`: Interactive command to add and remove packages.
- `dotstow available`: List available packages in your Git repository.
- `dotstow stowed`: List packages that have been stowed.
- `dotstow status`: Show the Git status of your dotfiles.
- `dotstow reset`: Reset your dotfiles to the last commit.
- `dotstow path`: Print the path of your dotfiles folder.
> Please note that `dotstow wizard` only works on debian based linux systems of its
> dependency on [debconf](https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-debconf/debconf).
```
dotstow - manage dotfiles with git and stow
dotstow [options] command
options:
-h, --help show brief help
commands:
init initialize dotstow
s, stow stow a package
u, unstow unstow a package
w, wizard dotfiles wizard
a, available available packages
stowed stowed packages
sync sync dotfiles
status dotfiles git status
reset reset dotfiles
path get dotfiles path
```
## Dependencies
- [Git](https://git-scm.com)
- [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow)