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Stow-like application for keeping your dot-files under version control

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Stow-like designed for keeping dotfiles under version control, written in python

Installation

Assuming Python’s pip is installed (for Debian-based systems, this can be installed with sudo apt-get install python-pip), stowage can be installed directly from PyPI:

pip install stowage

Python versions 3.3+ (and 2.6+) are supported and tested against.

Quick start

  1. Setup your dotfiles repo (by default stowage assumes its at ~/dotfiles, but it could be anywhere)

mkdir ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
git init
  1. Create one or more dotfile ‘packages’

# An example, making one for your .vimrc
# Notice that we can call it _vimrc instead of .vimrc, making it visible /
# easier to interact with
mkdir ~/dotfiles/vim
cp ~/.vimrc ~/dotfiles/vim/_vimrc
  1. Activate stowage

stowage vim

Now, your ~/.vimrc has been replaced by a symlink to the ~/dotfiles/vim/_vimrc file, enabling the ~/dotfiles directory to be more easily put into version control.

Full usage

usage: stowage [-h] [-n] [-v] [-s SOURCE] [-d DESTINATION] [-b BACKUP] [-B]
               [packages [packages ...]]

Symlink files recursively, good for dotfiles.

positional arguments:
  packages              one or more packages

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -n, --dryrun          dryrun, just simulate
  -v, --verbose         increase output verbosity
  -s SOURCE, --source SOURCE
                        stowage source directory
  -d DESTINATION, --destination DESTINATION
                        stowage destination directory
  -b BACKUP, --backup BACKUP
                        stowage backup directory
  -B, --skip-backup     skip making backups

Contributing

New features, tests, and bug fixes are welcome!

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