.dotfiles

Personal dotfiles managed with GNU Stow.

Setup

1. Install stow:

sudo apt install stow

2. Clone and use:

git clone https://github.com/muhammad-salik-salam/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
stow --no-folding herdr   # herdr must use --no-folding, see note below
stow */  # Install everything else
# OR
stow tmux  # Install specific config

herdr needs --no-folding

~/.config/herdr/ holds runtime state alongside the config: herdr.log, herdr-client.log, herdr-server.log, session.json, release-notes.json, and the herdr.sock / herdr-client.sock sockets. Only config.toml belongs in this repo.

If that directory doesn't exist yet, plain stow herdr folds the whole tree and symlinks ~/.config/herdr into this repo, so herdr then writes its logs and sockets here. --no-folding creates a real directory and symlinks only config.toml.

How it works

Stow creates symlinks from dotfiles to your home directory:

• ~/.dotfiles/tmux/.tmux.conf → ~/.tmux.conf
• ~/.dotfiles/zsh/.zshrc → ~/.zshrc The key is to organize files in the same structure as they would appear in your home directory.

Remove Config

stow -D */     # Remove all
stow -D tmux   # Remove specific