How would you manage directories with both system-wide and user specific files?

[ravexina]

Hi,
How would you manage directories with both system-wide and user specific files?
A directory like xorg.

A solution might be:

$ pwd 
~/dotfiles
$ stow -t /etc -d xorg etc
$ stow -t ~/.config -d xorg .config

Not really pretty. Is there any better way to get around this?

[jeewangue]

I was wondering the exact same thing!

[xero]

stow can't natively use subdirectories, but you can just cd and run stow from there.

here's an example for 2 different xorg directory trees:

$ tree ~/dots
~/dots
├── vim/
│   └── .config/
│       └── local/
│           └── vim/
│               └── vimrc
├── whatever/
│   └── .config/
│       └── local/
│           └── whatever/
│               └── thing
└── xorg/
    ├── hosts/
    │   └── etc/
    │       └── hosts
    └── local/
        └── .config/
            └── local/
                └── xorg.conf

$ stow vim whatever -t /home/user
$ cd xorg
$ stow hosts -t /
$ stow local -t /home/user

$ tree /
./
├── etc/
│   └── hosts -> ~dots/xorg/hosts/etc/hosts
└── home/
    └── user/
        └── .config/
            └── local/
                ├── vim -> ~dots/vim/.config/local/vim/
                ├── whatever -> ~dots/whatever/.config/local/whatever/
                └── xorg.conf -> ~dots/xorg/local/.config/local/xorg.conf