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| author | Christian Cleberg <[email protected]> | 2026-02-09 12:42:29 -0600 |
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| committer | Christian Cleberg <[email protected]> | 2026-02-09 12:42:29 -0600 |
| commit | b417650dbea1f766322b284ed7a780cb80fe6503 (patch) | |
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add stow -t flag example
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diff --git a/content/blog/2026-02-08-gnu-stow.org b/content/blog/2026-02-08-gnu-stow.org index ecf82f2..5370f87 100644 --- a/content/blog/2026-02-08-gnu-stow.org +++ b/content/blog/2026-02-08-gnu-stow.org @@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ mv ~/.zprofile ~/git/dotfiles/zsh/ && \ stow zsh #+end_src +By default, Stow will symlink your files (e.g., ~zsh~) to the parent directory +of the directory in which you execute the command. Since we're in the +~~/git/dotfiles~ directory, we need to modify our ~stow~ command to ensure Stow +symlinks the files to our home directory: + +#+begin_src sh +stow -t ~ zsh +#+end_src + At this point, you have a centralized directory (~/git/dotfiles~) where you can stow any file and use ~stow~ to symlink it back to another directory on your system. |