use this instead: https://github.com/blockparole/reclink

dotlink.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "$1" != "-f" ]; then
  echo "put your dotfiles and this script in the same folder (eg. \$HOME/.dotfiles/)"
  echo "keep the same folder structure as in \$HOME"
  echo "run the script from anywhere, it will create links for the dotfiles"
  echo "-f allows overwriting of existing files"
  exit 0
fi

if [ "$1" == "-f" ]; then
  echo "overwriting existing files!"
  DOT_FORCE="-f"
  export DOT_FORCE
fi

DOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
export DOT_DIR
DOT_SCRIPT="$(basename "$0")"
export DOT_SCRIPT

mirror_folders () {
  if [ -n "$1" ] && [[ "$1" != .git ]]; then
    mkdir -p "$1"
  fi
}
export -f mirror_folders

link_recursive () {
  if [ -n "$1" ] && [[ "$1" != .git/* ]] && [ "$1" != "$DOT_SCRIPT" ]; then
    ln -s -v "$DOT_FORCE" "$DOT_DIR"/"$1" "$HOME"/"$1" || echo unable to write "$HOME"/"$1"!
  fi
}
export -f link_recursive

cd "$HOME"
find "$DOT_DIR" -type d -printf '%P\n' | xargs -n 1 -I {} bash -c 'mirror_folders "$@"' _ {}
find "$DOT_DIR" -type f -printf '%P\n' | xargs -n 1 -I {} bash -c 'link_recursive "$@"' _ {}