How to use GNU Stow.

stow.md

GNU Stow: maintain dotfiles

Put all dotfiles in a specific folder so it is easy to use version control tool like git.

Steps

1. Create directory ~/dotfiles/.

2. Copy dotfiles into directories like:

   ~/dotfiles/
     +- bash/
     |  +- .bashrc
     +- ranger/
     |  +- .config/
     |     +- ranger/
     +- tmux/
     |  +- .tmux.conf
     +- vim/
        +- .vim/
        +- .vimrc
   

3. Create symbolic links for directory bash from dotfiles:

   cd ~/dotfiles/
   stow bash