Use "stow" instead of myrepos and vcsh

[iquabius]

Stow keeps everything in a directory and symlinks the files. This way we could use Emacs + Magit to manage the repository without hassle

Thanks for introducing this to me:) I switched from a bare git repo to this because it was easier to use with emacs magit/projectile. -- Manage Your Dotfiles With Style! - Wolfgang's Channel on YouTube

• https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/

System Crafters has 2 videos about Stow:

• The Basics of Dotfiles - System Crafters on YouTube
  • Dominic Adamson commented:

  • Instead of GNU stow, I have found that using git bare repositories are simpler to manage. They act as if your home folder was a git repo, but with a hidden folder other than .git to store the data in it. This means that any other git repos under your home folder will not get affected and you will not have to manage submodules, and you also will never have to worry about symlinking.

• How to Create a Dotfiles Folder - System Crafters on YouTube

System Crafters doesn't show how to use Stow, he just mentions it. For now these 2 videos are the only ones in the Managing Your Dotfiles playlist

[iquabius]

The approach using a bare git repository is described by gksudo on "How to Create a Dotfiles Folder - System Crafters on YouTube":

Hey David, the way I manage my dotfiles is by creating a git bare repository in my home folder and setting an alias like: alias config="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles/.git/ --work-tree=$HOME" And then add files to the repository with: config add filename.txt, commit with: config commit, etc. This eliminates the need to create symlinks of all the files

A important question is:

can you use the bare repository with magit somehow, i also use a bare one and could not yet figure out, who it should work -- Wacken Alt