Add note about using GNU Stow

orbital-transfer · Feb 25, 2024 · 2cb5d6e · 2cb5d6e
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 - Some projects need external data
     * Perhaps these can also be modeled as "packages"?
     * "Data packages" as opposed to "Software packages"
+    * Trick: using GNU Stow to manage symlink to data directory structure while
+      keeping the data as read-only. This can be used for host-specific data
+      (e.g., `.env` deployment configurations by `$HOSTNAME`) and to avoid
+      accidentally deleting data when cleaning project directory
+      (e.g., `make clean`, `git clean`).
 
 # Organisation of project