DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/common/stow.md

stow

Symlink manager. Often used to manage dotfiles. See also: chezmoi, tuckr, vcsh, homeshick. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/stow.html#Invoking-Stow.

• Symlink all files recursively to a given directory:

stow {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

• Delete symlinks recursively from a given directory:

stow {{[-D|--delete]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

• Simulate to see what the result would be like:

stow {{[-n|--simulate]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

• Delete and resymlink:

stow {{[-R|--restow]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

• Exclude files matching a regex:

stow --ignore={{regex}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}