https://github.com/ericsubach/stow-lite

Tool similar to GNU Stow to manage symlinks on Windows.
https://github.com/ericsubach/stow-lite

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Tool similar to GNU Stow to manage symlinks on Windows.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ericsubach/stow-lite
• Owner: ericsubach
• License: other
• Created: 2013-10-09T01:56:07.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-10-09T02:58:01.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-13T07:10:00.037Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 109 KB
• Stars: 18
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
## Stow Lite

> Please note that this tool's behavior is different from stow's default behavior.

Implements a behavior very similar to a small subset of [GNU stow][stow] operations. It is sufficient for my needs when working on Windows.

[stow]: http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/

If the name of any file or directory in the stow directory matches one of the regular expressions in `.stow-local-ignore`, then it is ignored. If a directory is not ignored, then it is symlinked using Windows' `mklink` command. There is no way to ignore certain files/directories in a symlinked directory. No attempt is made to determine ownership of files; files will be overwritten with no warning.

If your Windows account is a regular user (non-administrator), then you must enable privileges for creating symlinks. After research, it appears that Administrator accounts cannot create symlinks. The easiest solution is to open a console that is run in Administrator mode.