creates symlinks based on a dotfiles structure

symlinks.py

#!/usr/bin/pytho
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
from os import path
from shutil import rmtree

homedir = os.environ["HOME"]
dotfiles_root = path.join(homedir, ".dotfiles")
dotfiles = path.join(homedir, '.dotfiles', 'dotfiles')

folders_whitelist = ['config', 'ssh']

if (path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)) != dotfiles_root):
    exit("ERROR create-symlynks.py should be inside ~/.dotfiles")

def make_links(currentPath: str, targetFolder: str, dotsify:bool=True):
    for el in os.listdir(currentPath):
        fname = el
        if dotsify:
            fname = "." + fname
        sourcePath = path.join(currentPath, el)
        targetPath = path.join(targetFolder, fname)

        if path.isfile(sourcePath):
            pass
            if path.isfile(targetPath):
                print('delete '+targetPath) 
                os.remove(targetPath)
            print("%s -> %s" % (sourcePath, targetPath))
            os.symlink(src=sourcePath,dst=targetPath)
        else:
            is_whitelisted = el in folders_whitelist
            if path.isdir(targetPath) and not is_whitelisted:
                print ('delete ' + targetPath)
                if path.islink(targetPath):
                    os.unlink(targetPath)
                else:
                    rmtree(targetPath)

            if is_whitelisted:
                make_links(currentPath=sourcePath, targetFolder=targetPath, dotsify=False)
                pass
            else:
                print("%s -> %s" % (sourcePath, targetPath))
                os.symlink(src=sourcePath,dst=targetPath)

make_links(currentPath=dotfiles, targetFolder=homedir)