Dotfiles manager

A minimal set of scripts made by someone who just wanted to "try" writing bash scripting

Important

These files are written by someone who has very little idea about bash scripting. Still, it shouldn't break your systems as far as I know.

Important

Make a directory called dotfiles. This is where your dotfiles would be stored.

Caution

Make sure you run the scripts from the same directories that they exist in.

Dependancies

• fd
• fzf
• stow

What each script does?

dotfiles_add.sh

• Asks for maxdepth from the user and shows fzf menu with that maxdepth in the $HOME directory.
• Select the files or folders to be added to the dotfiles directory.
• The selections will then be moved to dotfiles directory as stow packages and symlinks for them will be created.

Important

If you are adding any dotfiles that are continuously being tracked by their respective packages (hyprland configs for example) then adding those dotfiles and stowing them could break the system temporarily. The issue will get solved with a reboot however I would still recommend backing up such dotfiles beforehand.

dotfiles_unstow.sh

• Opposite of the previous script.
• Provides an fzf interface to select stow packages in dotfiles directory.
• The selected packages will then be moved to their original locations and the symlinks would be removed.

import_configs.sh

• Imports the configs present in the dotfiles directory to your system.

Caution

This will replace/overwrite the configs in your system with the ones present in the dotfiles directory. It is recommended to take a backup before importing configs taken from outside.