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GNU Stow	Terminal and shell	Manage your dotfiles as symlinks from one folder you keep in Git.	pacman	stow	stow	https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/	https://github.com/aspiers/stow

What it is

GNU Stow is a symlink manager. You keep files in one directory, organized into "packages", and Stow creates the symlinks that put them where they belong. Its most common use is dotfiles: keep your configs in a Git repository and link them into your home directory with one command.

cd ~/dotfiles && stow nvim     # links ~/dotfiles/nvim/.config/nvim to ~/.config/nvim

Why it's here

• Dotfiles in Git. Version your configuration and set up a new machine quickly.
• Easy to undo. stow -D removes the links it made.

On CoreDesktop

Stow is installed from pacman with no extra setup. Type stow in a terminal. update keeps it current along with the rest of the pacman packages.