dashdot 0.0.1

A dotfiles manager to cure my sucky workflow

dashdot

Dashdot allows you to easily link and delink your dotfiles so that you don't have to worry about losing your precious configuration files when switching computers or operating systems

What are dotfiles

Dotfiles in unix based operating systems refers to files that start with a . in their name. They are hidden according to your operating system due to historic reasons. Most applications store their config files inside these hidden folders to prevent clutter in the user's home directory.

Motivation

I used to use GNU Stow to manage my dotfiles on linux and while it does an okay job at symlinking your files, it cannot do things more complicated

• Delinking already symlinked files is a pain as you have to go back to every symlink and delete them.
• You cannot go directly to edit that one file that you always edit in your configurations unless you hack together a flimsy bash script to do that.

Meet dashdot. A program to easily symlink your dotfiles.

Usage

$ ls 
nvim   config.toml
$ echo config.toml
editor = "/usr/local/bin/nvim"

[nvim]
location = "$HOME/.config/nvim"
main="init.lua"
$ ds link
Symlink created: /home/[username]/.config/nvim

Backing up your files

The program does not assume anything about the way the dotfiles are backedup. This is not a git wrapper to store your dotfiles. Instead it allows you to configure where dotfiles are installed to in a config.toml file. It lets you manage the backing up part yourself and hence, you are free to store them in a git repo, nas backup or in your pendrive.