https://mvega.dev/tags/tooling/Recent content in Tooling on Moises VegaHugoen-usMoises VegaThu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mvega.dev/posts/dotfiles-with-stow/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mvega.dev/posts/dotfiles-with-stow/<p>Dotfile setups tend to start as a repo full of files plus a shell script that copies them into <code>$HOME</code>. The copies drift from the repo, the script grows special cases, and eventually nobody is sure which version is real.</p> <p>GNU Stow removes the copy step. One directory per tool, and <code>stow &lt;tool&gt;</code> symlinks its contents into the parent directory. Editing the repo edits the live config, because they are the same file.</p>