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How to use GNU Stow.

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GNU Stow: maintain dotfiles

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

Steps

Create directory ~/dotfiles/.

Copy dotfiles into directories like:

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

Create symbolic links for directory bash from dotfiles:
```
cd ~/dotfiles/
stow bash
```

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