Dotfiles are used to customize your system. The “dotfiles” name is derived from the configuration files in Unix-like systems that start with a dot (e.g. .bashrc and .gitconfig). For normal users, this indicates they are not regular documents, and by default they are hidden in directory listings. For power users, they are a core tool belt.
To install configuration files use stow
command. GNU Stow is
a symlink farm manager.
If you are running MacOS
please install brew package management before. Homebrew
is the missing package management for MacOS
. For more information about this
package management and how to install it please visit the project homepage.
So the first step after brew
installation is stow
installation.
brew install stow
If you are using Linux
use your distribution package manager to install stow
application.
Debian base distributions can use apt
.
apt-get install stow
For RedHat
base distribution use yum
or dnf
.
dnf install stow
You can stow
all or selected configuration.
One
stow -t ~ bash
Or multiple
stow -t ~ bash vim zsh
Or all
stow -t ~ *
To check what the stow
command will do add -n
and -v
options.