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# Symlink all files recursively to a given directory
stow [-t|--target] path/to/target_directory file1 directory1 file2 directory2
# Make sure target path exists
mkdir -p ~/.config/nvimexample
# Symlink ~/.config/nvimexample directory to current working directory's nvimexample directory (package)
stow -t ~/.config/nvimexample nvimexample


# Delete symlinks recursively from a given directory
stow [-D|--delete] [-t|--target] path/to/target_directory file1 directory1 file2 directory2


# Simulate to see what the result would be like
stow [-n|--simulate] [-t|--target] path/to/target_directory file1 directory1 file2 directory2


# Symbolic link emacs configuration files to ~/.config/emacs
# -t : target directory for files in stow package
# -d : directory containing stow package (source files)
# -S emacs : stow package that is source of files (folder in dotfiles folder)
# -vv verbose output
stow -vv -t "$HOME/.config/emacs" -d "$DOTFILES_DIR/.config" -S emacs