36 changed files with 9984 additions and 3207 deletions
--- a/.coveralls.yml
+++ b/.coveralls.yml
@ -1 +0,0 @@
-repo_token: xl1m2EiKjG4YlJQ0KjTTBNDRcAFD0lCVt
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-((cperl-mode . ((dumb-jump-force-searcher . rg)
-                (cperl-indent-level . 4)
-                (cperl-close-paren-offset . -4)
-                (cperl-indent-subs-specially . nil)
-                (indent-tabs-mode . nil)
-                (eval . (auto-fill-mode -1)))))
--- a/.dumbjump
+++ b/.dumbjump
@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-+bin/*.in
-+lib/*.pm.in
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of GNU Stow.
-#
-# GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
-
-name: Test suite
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [master]
-
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [master]
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
-
-jobs:
-  # call-simple-perl-test:
-  #   uses: perl-actions/github-workflows/.github/workflows/simple-perltester-workflow.yml@main
-  #   with:
-  #     since-perl: 5.14
-
-  test:
-    name: Perl ${{ matrix.perl-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        perl-version:
-          - '5.38'
-          - '5.36'
-          - '5.34'
-          - '5.32'
-          - '5.30'
-
-    container:
-      # This Docker image should avoid the need to run:
-      #
-      #    cpanm -n Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls
-      image: perldocker/perl-tester:${{ matrix.perl-version }}
-
-    steps:
-      - run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y sudo texinfo texlive
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-#      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
-#        with:
-#          debug: true
-#          packages: texinfo texlive
-#          version: 1.0
-
-      - run: autoreconf --install
-      - name: ./configure && make
-        run: |
-          eval `perl -V:siteprefix`
-          # Note: this will complain Test::Output isn't yet installed:
-          ./configure --prefix=$siteprefix && make
-
-          # but that's OK because we install it here:
-          make cpanm
-
-      #- name: Run tests
-      #  run: make test
-
-      - run: make distcheck
-      - run: perl Build.PL
-      - run: ./Build build
-      - run: cover -test -report coveralls
-      - run: ./Build distcheck
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 /bin/stow
 /doc/stow.info
 /doc/version.texi
-/playground/
-tmp-testing-trees*/
+tmp-testing-trees/
 _build/
 autom4te.cache/
 blib/
--- a/4
+++ b/4
@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-This file documents the high-level history of Stow, and some of its
-major contributors.  See also the THANKS file for a more complete list
-of contributors.
-
 Stow was originally written by Bob Glickstein <bobg+stow@zanshin.com>,
 Zanshin Software, Inc.

--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-Contributing to GNU Stow
-========================
-
-Development of Stow, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and
-you can contribute.  If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to join
-the [stow-devel](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stow-devel)
-mailing list.
-
-Bug reporting
-------------
-
-Please follow the procedure described in [the "Reporting Bugs"
-section](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/html_node/Reporting-Bugs.html#Reporting-Bugs)
-of [the manual](README.md#documentation).
-
-Development
-----------
-
-For [development sources](https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=stow)
-and other information, please see the [Stow project
-page](http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/stow/) at
-[savannah.gnu.org](http://savannah.gnu.org).
-
-There is also a
-[stow-devel](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stow-devel)
-mailing list (see [Mailing lists](README.md#mailing-lists)).
-
-Please be aware that all program source files (excluding the test
-suite) end in `.in`, and are pre-processed by `Makefile` into
-corresponding files with that prefix stripped before execution.  So if
-you want to test any modifications to the source, make sure that you
-change the `.in` files and then run `make` to regenerate the
-pre-processed versions before doing any testing.  To avoid forgetting
-(which can potentially waste a lot of time debugging the wrong code),
-you can automatically run `make` in an infinite loop every second via:
-
-    make watch
-
-(You could even use fancier approaches like
-[`inotifywait(1)`](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/inotifywait.1.html)
-or [Guard](https://guardgem.org/).  But those are probably overkill in
-this case where the simple `while` loop is plenty good enough.)
-
-Testing
-~~~~~~~
-
-The test suite can be found in the [`t/`](t/) subdirectory.  You can
-run the test suite via:
-
-    make check
-
-Tests can be run individually as follows.  First you have to ensure
-that the `t/`, `bin/`, and `lib/` directories are on Perl's search path.
-Assuming that you run all tests from the root of the repository tree,
-this will do the job:
-
-    export PERL5LIB=t:bin:lib
-
-(Not all tests require all of these, but it's safer to include all of
-them.)
-
-Secondly, be aware that if you want to test modifications to the
-source files, you will need to run `make watch`, or `make` before each
-test run as explained above.
-
-Now running an individual test is as simple as:
-
-    perl t/chkstow.t
-
-or with a given debugging verbosity corresponding to the `-v` / `--verbose`
-command-line option:
-
-    TEST_VERBOSE=4 perl t/chkstow.t
-
-The [`prove(1)` test runner](https://perldoc.perl.org/prove) is another
-good alternative which provides several handy extra features.  Invocation
-is very similar, e.g.:
-
-    prove t/stow.t
-
-or to run the whole suite:
-
-    prove
-
-However currently there is an issue where this interferes with
-`TEST_VERBOSE`.
-
-If you want to create test files for experimentation, it is
-recommended to put them in a subdirectory called `playground/` since
-this will be automatically ignored by git and the build process,
-avoiding any undesirable complications.
-
-Test coverage
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-To view test coverage reports, first ensure that
-[`Devel::Cover`](https://metacpan.org/dist/Devel-Cover) is installed.
-Then type `make coverage`.  The last lines of the output should
-include something like:
-
-    HTML output written to /home/user/path/to/stow/cover_db/coverage.html
-
-which you can open in a web browser to view the report.
-
-Translating Stow
----------------
-
-Stow is not currently multi-lingual, but patches would be very
-gratefully accepted. Please e-mail
-[stow-devel](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stow-devel) if you
-intend to work on this.
-
-Maintainers
-----------
-
-Stow is currently being maintained by Adam Spiers.  Please use [the
-mailing lists](README.md#mailing-lists).
-
-Helping the GNU project
-----------------------
-
-For more general information, please read [How to help
-GNU](https://www.gnu.org/help/).
--- a/5
+++ b/5
@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ aclocal.m4
 automake/install-sh
 automake/mdate-sh
 automake/missing
-automake/texinfo.tex
 bin/chkstow
 bin/chkstow.in
 bin/stow
@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ Build.PL
 ChangeLog
 configure
 configure.ac
-CONTRIBUTING.md
 COPYING
 default-ignore-list
 doc/ChangeLog.OLD
@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ doc/manual.pdf
 doc/stow.8
 doc/stow.info
 doc/stow.texi
+doc/texinfo.tex
 doc/version.texi
 INSTALL.md
 lib/Stow.pm
@ -44,12 +43,12 @@ t/find_stowed_path.t
 t/foldable.t
 t/ignore.t
 t/join_paths.t
-t/link_dest_within_stow_dir.t
 t/parent.t
 t/stow.t
 t/rc_options.t
 t/testutil.pm
 t/unstow.t
+t/unstow_orig.t
 tools/get-version
 THANKS
 TODO
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@ -83,14 +83,7 @@
 ^doc/HOWTO-RELEASE$

 # Avoid test files
-tmp-testing-trees*
-^.coveralls.yml
-^.github/workflows/
-^.travis.yml
+tmp-testing-trees
+.travis.yml
 ^docker/
 ^[a-zA-Z]*-docker.sh
-^playground/
-
-# Avoid development config
-^.dir-locals.el
-^.dumbjump
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      "unknown"
   ],
   "dynamic_config" : 1,
-   "generated_by" : "Module::Build version 0.4234",
+   "generated_by" : "Module::Build version 0.4224",
   "license" : [
      "gpl_1"
   ],
@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
   "provides" : {
      "Stow" : {
         "file" : "lib/Stow.pm",
-         "version" : "v2.4.0"
+         "version" : "v2.3.2-fixbug56727"
      },
      "Stow::Util" : {
         "file" : "lib/Stow/Util.pm",
-         "version" : "v2.4.0"
+         "version" : "v2.3.2-fixbug56727"
      }
   },
   "release_status" : "stable",
@ -55,6 +55,6 @@
         "url" : "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/stow.git"
      }
   },
-   "version" : "v2.4.0",
-   "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.16"
+   "version" : "v2.3.2-fixbug56727",
+   "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.00"
 }
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build_requires:
 configure_requires:
  Module::Build: '0'
 dynamic_config: 1
-generated_by: 'Module::Build version 0.4234, CPAN::Meta::Converter version 2.150010'
+generated_by: 'Module::Build version 0.4224, CPAN::Meta::Converter version 2.150010'
 license: gpl
 meta-spec:
  url: http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-v1.4.html
@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ name: Stow
 provides:
  Stow:
    file: lib/Stow.pm
-    version: v2.4.0
+    version: v2.3.2-fixbug56727
  Stow::Util:
    file: lib/Stow/Util.pm
-    version: v2.4.0
+    version: v2.3.2-fixbug56727
 requires:
  Carp: '0'
  IO::File: '0'
@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ resources:
  homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/stow
  license: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
  repository: git://git.savannah.gnu.org/stow.git
-version: v2.4.0
+version: v2.3.2-fixbug56727
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@ -32,26 +32,26 @@ pmstowdir = $(pmdir)/Stow
 pm_DATA = lib/Stow.pm
 pmstow_DATA = lib/Stow/Util.pm

+TEXINFO_TEX = doc/texinfo.tex
 export TEXI2DVI_BUILD_MODE = clean
 AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS = -I $(srcdir)

 # We require this -I parameter to ensure that the include of the
-# default ignore list in the manual works correctly, even when the
-# manual is being built via make distcheck from a different directory.
-# Unfortunately this is the only way to do it:
+# default ignore list in the manual works.  Unfortunately this is
+# the only way to do it:
 #
-#   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2008-09/msg00040.html
+#   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.bugs/4334/match=passing+parameters
 #
 # even though it annoyingly produces a warning with the -Wall option
 # to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE which has to be silenced via -Wno-override.
 TEXI2DVI = texi2dvi $(AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS)

+doc_deps = $(info_TEXINFOS) doc/version.texi
+
 DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = $(srcdir)/default-ignore-list

-doc_deps = $(info_TEXINFOS) doc/version.texi $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST)
-
 TESTS_DIR = $(srcdir)/t
-TESTS_OUT = tmp-testing-trees tmp-testing-trees-compat
+TESTS_OUT = tmp-testing-trees
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = $(PERL) -Ibin -Ilib -I$(TESTS_DIR)

 # This is a kind of hack; TESTS needs to be set to ensure that the
@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ check_DATA = $(TESTS_OUT)
 # Note that automake's `check' rule cannot be overridden
 # for some weird reason:
 #
-#   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-09/msg00029.html
+#   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general/13040/focus=13041
 #
 # so we override check-TESTS instead which is where the real work is
 # done anyway.  Unfortunately this produces a warning with the -Wall
@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ check-TESTS:
 	dir=$(TESTS_DIR); \
 	$(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) -MTest::Harness -e 'runtests(@ARGV)' "$${dir#./}"/*.t

-coverage:
-	PERL5OPT=-MDevel::Cover $(MAKE) check-TESTS
-	cover
-
 $(TESTS_OUT):
 	mkdir -p $@

@ -99,6 +95,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	bin/stow.in bin/chkstow.in lib/Stow.pm.in lib/Stow/Util.pm.in \
 	doc/manual-split \
 	$(TESTS) t/testutil.pm \
+	$(TEXINFO_TEX) \
 	$(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST) \
 	$(CPAN_FILES)
 CLEANFILES = $(bin_SCRIPTS) $(pm_DATA) $(pmstow_DATA)
@ -196,7 +193,7 @@ doc/stow.8: bin/stow.in Makefile.am
 #
 # If it were not for a troublesome dependency on doc/$(am__dirstamp):
 #
-#   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-11/msg00107.html
+#   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general/13192
 #
 # we could have achieved this using the built-in rules combined with
 # install-data-hook to rename from stow.pdf to manual.pdf etc. on
@ -305,28 +302,3 @@ ChangeLog: doc/ChangeLog.OLD
 	else \
 	    echo "Not in a git repository; can't update ChangeLog."; \
 	fi
-
-# Watch for changes, and if any rebuilds are required, also do a
-# make install.
-#
-# If we solved https://github.com/aspiers/stow/issues/84, we could
-# probably ditch this:
-watch:
-	@echo "Watching for changes to program source files ..."
-	@while true; do \
-	    if $(MAKE) 2>&1 | \
-		grep -vE 'make\[[1-9]\]: (Entering|Leaving) directory ' | \
-		grep -v 'Nothing to be done'; \
-	    then \
-		echo; \
-		echo "-----------------------------------------------------"; \
-		echo "make found things to rebuild; doing $(MAKE) install ..."; \
-		echo; \
-		$(MAKE) install; \
-		echo; \
-		echo ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"; \
-		echo; \
-	    fi; \
-	    sleep 1; \
-	done 2>&1 | \
-	grep -vE 'make\[[1-9]\]: (Entering|Leaving) directory '
--- a/82
+++ b/82
@ -1,81 +1,5 @@
 News file for Stow.

-* Changes in version 2.4.0
-
-*** --dotfiles now works with directories
-
-    A long-standing bug preventing the --dotfiles option from working
-    correctly with directories has been fixed.
-
-    It should also works in combination with the --compat option.
-
-*** Eliminated a spurious warning on unstowing
-
-    2.3.1 introduced a benign but annoying warning when unstowing
-    in certain circumstances.  It looked like:
-
-      BUG in find_stowed_path? Absolute/relative mismatch between Stow dir X and path Y
-
-    This was caused by erroneous logic, and has now been fixed.
-
-*** Unstowing logic has been improved in other cases
-
-    Several other improvements have been made internally to the
-    unstowing logic.  These changes should all be either invisible
-    (except for changes to debug output) or improvements, but if you
-    encounter any unexpected behaviour, please report it as directed
-    in the manual.
-
-*** Improved debug output
-
-    Extra output resulting from use of the -v / --verbose flag
-    now appears in a more logical and understandable way.
-
-*** Janitorial tasks
-
-    Users are not substantially affected by these changes.
-
-***** Added some more information from the web page to the README
-
-***** Made some improvements to the documentation
-
-***** Improve readability of source code
-
-      Quite a few extra details have been added in comments to clarify
-      how the code works.  Many variable names have also been
-      improved.  The comments of many Stow class methods have been
-      converted into Perl POD format.
-
-***** Added a =CONTRIBUTING.md= file
-
-***** Add a =watch= target to =Makefile=
-
-      =make watch= provides easy continual pre-processing during
-      development, which reduces the risk of debugging the wrong code.
-
-***** Removed texinfo.tex from the distribution
-
-      This eliminates existing and future bit-rot.
-
-***** Updated aclocal.m4 from 1.15.1 to 1.16.5
-
-      This mostly just updates copyright notices to 2021, and URLs to https.
-
-***** Replace broken gmane links with links to lists.gnu.org
-
-      [[https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2020/01/06/whatever-happened-to-news-gmane-org/][gmane has been dead for quite a while.]]
-
-***** Improve support for navigating / editing source via emacs
-
-******* Support source navigation in emacs via [[https://github.com/jacktasia/dumb-jump][dumb-jump]].
-
-******* Configure cperl-mode to match existing coding style.
-
-*** Various maintainer tweaks
-
-    Further improved the release process and its documentation in
-    various minor ways.
-
 * Changes in version 2.3.1

 *** Remove dependencies on Hash::Merge and Clone::Choose
@ -214,7 +138,6 @@ News file for Stow.
        consistency.

      - INSTALL.md now also documents how to build directly from git.
-
 *** Fixes for bugs, tests, and other technical debt

 ***** Add Docker files for convenient testing across multiple Perl versions
@ -312,7 +235,7 @@ due to Stow::Util missing $VERSION.
    stow directory path being calculated as
    ../../../usr/home/user/local/stow relative to the target.

-    See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-stow/2013-04/msg00000.html for details.
+    See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.stow.bugs/8820 for details.

 *** Fix stowing of relative links when --no-folding is used.

@ -353,7 +276,7 @@ due to Stow::Util missing $VERSION.

    Thanks to Gabriele Balducci for reporting this problem:

-        https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-stow/2014-09/msg00000.html
+        http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.stow.general/6676

 *** Internal code cleanups

@ -663,5 +586,4 @@ due to Stow::Util missing $VERSION.
  org-export-with-toc: nil
  org-export-with-author: nil
  org-toc-odd-levels-only: t
-  org-blank-before-new-entry: ((heading . auto) (plain-list-item . auto))
  End:
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -60,56 +60,6 @@ You can get the latest information about Stow from the home page:

    http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/

-Installation
------------
-
-See [`INSTALL.md`](INSTALL.md) for installation instructions.
-
-Documentation
-------------
-
-Documentation for Stow is available
-[online](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/), as is
-[documentation for most GNU
-software](https://www.gnu.org/software/manual/).  Once you have Stow
-installed, you may also find more information about Stow by running
-`info stow` or `man stow`, or by looking at `/usr/share/doc/stow/`,
-`/usr/local/doc/stow/`, or similar directories on your system.  A
-brief summary is available by running `stow --help`.
-
-Mailing lists
-------------
-
-Stow has the following mailing lists:
-
-   [help-stow](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-stow) is for
-    general user help and discussion.
-   [stow-devel](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stow-devel) is
-    used to discuss most aspects of Stow, including development and
-    enhancement requests.
-   [bug-stow](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-stow) is for
-    bug reports.
-
-Announcements about Stow are posted to
-[info-stow](http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-stow) and also,
-as with most other GNU software, to
-[info-gnu](http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu)
-([archive](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/)).
-
-Security reports that should not be made immediately public can be
-sent directly to the maintainer.  If there is no response to an urgent
-issue, you can escalate to the general
-[security](http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/security) mailing
-list for advice.
-
-The Savannah project also has a [mailing
-lists](https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=stow) page.
-
-Getting involved
----------------
-
-Please see the [`CONTRIBUTING.md` file](CONTRIBUTING.md).
-
 License
 -------

@ -121,6 +71,18 @@ are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
 notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
 without any warranty.

+Installation
+------------
+
+See [`INSTALL.md`](INSTALL.md) for installation instructions.
+
+Feedback
+--------
+
+Please do send comments, questions, and constructive criticism.  The
+mailing lists and any other communication channels are detailed on the
+above home page.
+
 Brief history and authorship
 ----------------------------

--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  install-info, amongst other things:

 *** http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/73426/dealing-with-gnu-stow-conflicts
-*** https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-stow/2013-04/msg00016.html
+*** http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.stow.general/6661

 * Get permission for next documentation release to be under FDL 1.3

--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 m4_ifndef([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [m4_defun([_AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [])m4_defun([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [_AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS($@)])])
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
  [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
-m4_if(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]), [2.72],,
-[m4_warning([this file was generated for autoconf 2.72.
+m4_if(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]), [2.71],,
+[m4_warning([this file was generated for autoconf 2.71.
 You have another version of autoconf.  It may work, but is not guaranteed to.
 If you have problems, you may need to regenerate the build system entirely.
 To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])])
--- a/automake/.gitignore
+++ b/automake/.gitignore
@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ install-sh
 missing
 mdate-sh
 test-driver
-texinfo.tex
--- a/bin/chkstow.in
+++ b/bin/chkstow.in
@ -123,5 +123,6 @@ sub list {

 # Local variables:
 # mode: perl
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
 # End:
 # vim: ft=perl
--- a/bin/stow.in
+++ b/bin/stow.in
@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ sub main {
    my ($options, $pkgs_to_unstow, $pkgs_to_stow) = process_options();

    my $stow = new Stow(%$options);
+    # current dir is now the target directory

    $stow->plan_unstow(@$pkgs_to_unstow);
    $stow->plan_stow  (@$pkgs_to_stow);
@ -848,5 +849,6 @@ sub version {

 # Local variables:
 # mode: perl
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
 # end:
 # vim: ft=perl
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ dnl along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

 dnl Process this file with Autoconf to produce configure dnl

-AC_INIT([stow], [2.4.0], [bug-stow@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([stow], [2.3.2-fixbug56727], [bug-stow@gnu.org])
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([automake])
 # Unfortunately we have to disable warnings for overrides, because we
-# need to override the built-in `check-TESTS' rule and also the TEXI2DVI
+# need to override the built-in `check' rule and also the TEXI2DVI
 # variable.
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror -Wno-override dist-bzip2 foreign])
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
--- a/1
+++ b/1
@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ _darcs

 \.git
 \.gitignore
-\.gitmodules

 .+~          # emacs backup files
 \#.*\#       # emacs autosave files
--- a/doc/HOWTO-RELEASE
+++ b/doc/HOWTO-RELEASE
@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ Release procedure

    version=$( tools/get-version ) && echo $version

- Ensure NEWS contains the latest changes.  If necessary, commit
+- Ensure NEWS contains the latest changes, and that any new
+  contributors have been added to THANKS.  If necessary, commit
  any additions:

-    git commit -m "Prepare NEWS for $version release"
+    git commit -m "Prepare NEWS and THANKS for $version release"

 - Check CPAN distribution will work via Module::Build:

    - Start from a clean slate:

-        make maintainer-clean
+        make distclean
        autoreconf -iv

    - Generate stow, chkstow, and lib/Stow.pm via:
--- a/doc/stow.texi
+++ b/doc/stow.texi
@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ This manual describes GNU Stow version @value{VERSION}

 Software and documentation is copyrighted by the following:

-@copyright{} 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Bob Glickstein @email{bobg+stow@@zanshin.com}
+@copyright{} 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg+stow@@zanshin.com>
@*
-@copyright{} 2000, 2001 Guillaume Morin @email{gmorin@@gnu.org}
+@copyright{} 2000, 2001 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@@gnu.org>
@*
-@copyright{} 2007 Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson @email{kahlil@@internode.on.net}
+@copyright{} 2007 Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson <kahlil@@internode.on.net>
@*
-@copyright{} 2011 Adam Spiers @email{stow@@adamspiers.org}
+@copyright{} 2011 Adam Spiers <stow@@adamspiers.org>

@quotation
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ appear to be installed in a single directory tree.
 * Multiple Stow Directories::   Further segregating software.
 * Target Maintenance::          Cleaning up mistakes.
 * Resource Files::              Setting default command line options.
-* Compile-time vs. Install-time::  Faking out `make install'.
+* Compile-time vs Install-time::  Faking out `make install'.
 * Bootstrapping::               When stow and perl are not yet stowed.
 * Reporting Bugs::              How, what, where, and when to report.
 * Known Bugs::                  Don't report any of these.
@ -220,12 +220,9 @@ to be installed in a particular directory structure --- e.g., with

@cindex target directory
 A @dfn{target directory} is the root of a tree in which one or more
-packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed.  @file{/usr/local} is a
-common choice for this, but by no means the only such location.  Another
-common choice is @file{~} (i.e.@: the user's @code{$HOME} directory) in
-the case where Stow is being used to manage the user's configuration
-(``dotfiles'') and other files in their @code{$HOME}.  The examples in
-this manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory.
+packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed.  A common, but by no
+means the only such location is @file{/usr/local}.  The examples in this
+manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory.

@cindex stow directory
 A @dfn{stow directory} is the root of a tree containing separate
@ -243,11 +240,6 @@ installation image for Perl includes: a @file{bin} directory containing
 containing Texinfo documentation; a @file{lib/perl} directory containing
 Perl libraries; and a @file{man/man1} directory containing man pages.

-@quotation Note
-This is a @emph{pre-}installation image which exists even before Stow
-has installed any symlinks into the target directory which point to it.
-@end quotation
-
@cindex package directory
@cindex package name
 A @dfn{package directory} is the root of a tree containing the
@ -263,68 +255,15 @@ target directory, @file{/usr/local/stow} is the stow directory,
@file{/usr/local/stow/perl} is the package directory, and
@file{bin/perl} within is part of the installation image.

-@anchor{symlink}
@cindex symlink
-@cindex symlink source
-@cindex symlink destination
@cindex relative symlink
@cindex absolute symlink
-A @dfn{symlink} is a symbolic link, i.e.@: an entry on the filesystem
-whose path is sometimes called the @dfn{symlink source}, which points to
-another location on the filesystem called the @dfn{symlink destination}.
-There is no guarantee that the destination actually exists.
-
-In general, symlinks can be @dfn{relative} or @dfn{absolute}.  A symlink
-is absolute when the destination names a full path; that is, one
-starting from @file{/}.  A symlink is relative when the destination
-names a relative path; that is, one not starting from @file{/}.  The
-destination of a relative symlink is computed starting from the
-symlink's own directory, i.e.@: the directory containing the symlink
-source.
-
-@quotation Note
-Stow only creates symlinks within the target directory which point to
-locations @emph{outside} the target directory and inside the stow
-directory.
-
-Consequently, we avoid referring to symlink destinations as symlink
-@emph{targets}, since this would result in the word ``target'' having
-two different meanings:
-
-@enumerate
-
-@item
-the target directory, i.e.@: the directory into which Stow targets
-installation, where symlinks are managed by Stow, and
-
-@item
-the destinations of those symlinks.
-
-@end enumerate
-
-If we did not avoid the second meaning of ``target'', then it would lead
-to confusing language, such as describing Stow as installing symlinks
-into the target directory which point to targets @emph{outside} the
-target directory.
-
-Similarly, the word ``source'' can have two different meanings in this
-context:
-
-@enumerate
-
-@item
-the installation image, or some of its contents, and
-
-@item
-the location of symlinks (the ``source'' of the link, vs.@: its
-destination).
-
-@end enumerate
-
-Therefore it should also be avoided, or at least care taken to ensure
-that the meaning is not ambiguous.
-
-@end quotation
+A @dfn{symlink} is a symbolic link.  A symlink can be @dfn{relative} or
+@dfn{absolute}.  An absolute symlink names a full path; that is, one
+starting from @file{/}.  A relative symlink names a relative path; that
+is, one not starting from @file{/}.  The target of a relative symlink is
+computed starting from the symlink's own directory.  Stow only
+creates relative symlinks.

@c ===========================================================================
@node Invoking Stow, Ignore Lists, Terminology, Top
@ -444,7 +383,7 @@ refolding (@pxref{tree refolding}).  If a new subdirectory is
 encountered whilst stowing a new package, the subdirectory is created
 within the target, and its contents are symlinked, rather than just
 creating a symlink for the directory.  If removal of symlinks whilst
-unstowing a package causes a subtree to be foldable (i.e.@: only
+unstowing a package causes a subtree to be foldable (i.e. only
 containing symlinks to a single package), that subtree will not be
 removed and replaced with a symlink.

@ -489,15 +428,13 @@ doing.  Verbosity levels are from 0 to 5; 0 is the default.  Using

@item -p
@itemx --compat
-Scan the whole target tree when unstowing.  By default, only directories
-specified in the @dfn{installation image} are scanned during an unstow
-operation.  Previously Stow scanned the whole tree, which can be
-prohibitive if your target tree is very large, but on the other hand has
-the advantage of unstowing previously stowed links which are no longer
-present in the installation image and therefore orphaned.  This option
-restores the legacy behaviour; however, the @option{--badlinks} option
-to the @command{chkstow} utility may be a better way of ensuring that
-your installation does not have any dangling symlinks (@pxref{Target
+Scan the whole target tree when unstowing.  By default, only
+directories specified in the @dfn{installation image} are scanned
+during an unstow operation.  Scanning the whole tree can be
+prohibitive if your target tree is very large.  This option restores
+the legacy behaviour; however, the @option{--badlinks} option to the
+@command{chkstow} utility may be a better way of ensuring that your
+installation does not have any dangling symlinks (@pxref{Target
 Maintenance}).

@item -V
@ -876,7 +813,7 @@ This is much faster and cleaner than performing two separate
 invocations of stow, because redundant folding/unfolding operations
 can be factored out.  In addition, all the operations are calculated
 and merged before being executed (@pxref{Deferred Operation}), so the
-amount of time in which GNU Emacs is unavailable is minimised.
+amount of of time in which GNU Emacs is unavailable is minimised.

 You can mix and match any number of actions, for example,

@ -956,7 +893,7 @@ directory.
@end table

@c ===========================================================================
-@node Resource Files, Compile-time vs. Install-time, Target Maintenance, Top
+@node Resource Files, Compile-time vs Install-time, Target Maintenance, Top
@chapter Resource Files
@cindex resource files
@cindex configuration files
@ -1023,8 +960,8 @@ resource files. This is also true of any package names given in the
 resource file.

@c ===========================================================================
-@node Compile-time vs. Install-time, Bootstrapping, Resource Files, Top
-@chapter Compile-time vs. Install-time
+@node Compile-time vs Install-time, Bootstrapping, Resource Files, Top
+@chapter Compile-time vs Install-time

 Software whose installation is managed with Stow needs to be installed
 in one place (the package directory, e.g. @file{/usr/local/stow/perl})
@ -1106,7 +1043,7 @@ following sections.
@end menu

@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@node GNU Emacs, Other FSF Software, Compile-time vs. Install-time, Compile-time vs. Install-time
+@node GNU Emacs, Other FSF Software, Compile-time vs Install-time, Compile-time vs Install-time
@section GNU Emacs

 Although the Free Software Foundation has many enlightened practices
@ -1139,7 +1076,7 @@ make do-install prefix=/usr/local/stow/emacs
@end example

@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@node Other FSF Software, Cygnus Software, GNU Emacs, Compile-time vs. Install-time
+@node Other FSF Software, Cygnus Software, GNU Emacs, Compile-time vs Install-time
@section Other FSF Software

 The Free Software Foundation, the organization behind the GNU project,
@ -1160,7 +1097,7 @@ and @samp{make install} steps to work correctly without needing to
 ``fool'' the build process.

@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@node Cygnus Software, Perl and Perl 5 Modules, Other FSF Software, Compile-time vs. Install-time
+@node Cygnus Software, Perl and Perl 5 Modules, Other FSF Software, Compile-time vs Install-time
@section Cygnus Software

 Cygnus is a commercial supplier and supporter of GNU software.  It has
@ -1189,7 +1126,7 @@ is recompiling files.  Usually it will work just fine; otherwise,
 install manually.

@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@node Perl and Perl 5 Modules,  , Cygnus Software, Compile-time vs. Install-time
+@node Perl and Perl 5 Modules,  , Cygnus Software, Compile-time vs Install-time
@section Perl and Perl 5 Modules

 Perl 4.036 allows you to specify different locations for installation
@ -1292,7 +1229,7 @@ find cpan.* \( -name .exists -o -name perllocal.pod \) -print | \


@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@node Bootstrapping, Reporting Bugs, Compile-time vs. Install-time, Top
+@node Bootstrapping, Reporting Bugs, Compile-time vs Install-time, Top
@chapter Bootstrapping

 Suppose you have a stow directory all set up and ready to go:
@ -1327,32 +1264,9 @@ perl/bin/perl stow/bin/stow -vv *
@node Reporting Bugs, Known Bugs, Bootstrapping, Top
@chapter Reporting Bugs

-You can report bugs to the current maintainers in one of three ways:
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-Send e-mail to @email{bug-stow@@gnu.org}.
-
-@item
-File an issue in @uref{https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=stow,
-the Savannah bug tracker}.
-
-@item
-File an issue in
-@uref{https://github.com/aspiers/stow/issues/, the GitHub project}.
-@end enumerate
-
-While GitHub is arguably the most convenient of these three options, it
-@uref{https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html#GitHub,
-is not the most ethical or freedom-preserving way to host software
-projects}.  Therefore the GitHub project may be
-@uref{https://github.com/aspiers/stow/issues/43, moved to a more ethical
-hosting service} in the future.
-
-Before reporting a bug, it is recommended to check whether it is already
-known, so please first @pxref{Known Bugs}.
-
-When reporting a new bug, please include:
+Please send bug reports to the current maintainers by electronic
+mail.  The address to use is @samp{<bug-stow@@gnu.org>}.  Please
+include:

@itemize @bullet
@item
@ -1373,13 +1287,12 @@ the precise command you gave;

@item
 the output from the command (preferably verbose output, obtained by
-adding @samp{--verbose=5} to the Stow command line).
+adding @samp{--verbose=3} to the Stow command line).
@end itemize

 If you are really keen, consider developing a minimal test case and
-creating a new test.  See the @file{t/} directory in the source for lots
-of examples, and the @file{CONTRIBUTING.md} file for a guide on how to
-contribute.
+creating a new test.  See the @file{t/} directory in the source for
+lots of examples.

 Before reporting a bug, please read the manual carefully, especially
@ref{Known Bugs}, to see whether you're encountering
@ -1390,22 +1303,13 @@ something that doesn't need reporting.
@node Known Bugs, GNU General Public License, Reporting Bugs, Top
@chapter Known Bugs

-Known bugs can be found in the following locations:
+There are no known bugs in Stow version @value{VERSION}!
+If you think you have found one, please @pxref{Reporting Bugs}.

-@itemize
-@item
-@uref{https://github.com/aspiers/stow/issues/, the GitHub issue tracker}
-
-@item
-@uref{https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=stow, the Savannah bug
-tracker}
-
-@item
-the @uref{https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-stow/, bug-stow list
-archives}
-@end itemize
-
-If you think you have found a new bug, please @pxref{Reporting Bugs}.
+@c @itemize @bullet
+@c @item
+@c Put known bugs here
+@c @end itemize

@c ===========================================================================
@node GNU General Public License, Index, Known Bugs, Top
--- a/doc/texinfo.tex
+++ b/doc/texinfo.tex
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 # Build docker image: `docker build -t stowtest`
 # Run tests: (from stow src directory)
 #    `docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) stowtest`
-FROM debian:bookworm
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update -qq
+FROM debian:jessie
+RUN printf "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main\ndeb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main\ndeb http://security.debian.org jessie/updates main\ndeb-src http://security.debian.org jessie/updates main" > /etc/apt/sources.list
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+apt-get update -qq && \
 apt-get install -y -q \
    autoconf \
    bzip2 \
--- a/lib/Stow.pm.in
+++ b/lib/Stow.pm.in
--- a/lib/Stow/Util.pm.in
+++ b/lib/Stow/Util.pm.in
@ -32,14 +32,12 @@ Supporting utility routines for L<Stow>.
 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use File::Spec;
 use POSIX qw(getcwd);

 use base qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
    error debug set_debug_level set_test_mode
-    join_paths parent canon_path restore_cwd
-    adjust_dotfile unadjust_dotfile
+    join_paths parent canon_path restore_cwd adjust_dotfile
 );

 our $ProgramName = 'stow';
@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ sub set_test_mode {
    }
 }

-=head2 debug($level[, $indent_level], $msg)
+=head2 debug($level, $msg)

 Logs to STDERR based on C<$debug_level> setting.  C<$level> is the
 minimum verbosity level required to output C<$msg>.  All output is to
@ -127,18 +125,13 @@ overriding, fixing invalid links
 =cut

 sub debug {
-    my $level = shift;
-    my $indent_level;
-    # Maintain backwards-compatibility in case anyone's relying on this.
-    $indent_level = $_[0] =~ /^\d+$/ ? shift : 0;
-    my $msg = shift;
+    my ($level, $msg) = @_;
    if ($debug_level >= $level) {
-        my $indent = '    ' x $indent_level;
        if ($test_mode) {
-            print "# $indent$msg\n";
+            print "# $msg\n";
        }
        else {
-            warn "$indent$msg\n";
+            warn "$msg\n";
        }
    }
 }
@ -149,53 +142,29 @@ sub debug {
 # Parameters: path1, path2, ... => paths
 # Returns   : concatenation of given paths
 # Throws    : n/a
-# Comments  : Factors out some redundant path elements:
-#           : '//' => '/', and 'a/b/../c' => 'a/c'.  We need this function
-#           : with this behaviour, even though b could be a symlink to
-#           : elsewhere, as noted in the perldoc for File::Spec->canonpath().
-#           : This behaviour is deliberately different to
-#           : Stow::Util::canon_path(), because the way join_paths() is used
-#           : relies on this.  Firstly, there is no guarantee that the paths
-#           : exist, so a filesystem check is inappropriate.
-#           :
-#           : For example, it's used to determine the path from the target
-#           : directory to a symlink destination.  So if a symlink
-#           : path/to/target/a/b/c points to ../../../stow/pkg/a/b/c,
-#           : then joining path/to/target/a/b with ../../../stow/pkg/a/b/c
-#           : yields path/to/stow/pkg/a/b/c, and it's crucial that the
-#           : path/to/stow prefix matches a recognisable stow directory.
+# Comments  : factors out redundant path elements:
+#           : '//' => '/' and 'a/b/../c' => 'a/c'
 #============================================================================
 sub join_paths {
    my @paths = @_;

-    debug(5, 5, "| Joining: @paths");
-    my $result = '';
-    for my $part (@paths) {
-        next if ! length $part;  # probably shouldn't happen?
-        $part = File::Spec->canonpath($part);
+    # weed out empty components and concatenate
+    my $result = join '/', grep {! /\A\z/} @paths;

-        if (substr($part, 0, 1) eq '/') {
-            $result = $part; # absolute path, so ignore all previous parts
+    # factor out back references and remove redundant /'s)
+    my @result = ();
+    PART:
+    for my $part (split m{/+}, $result) {
+        next PART if $part eq '.';
+        if (@result && $part eq '..' && $result[-1] ne '..') {
+            pop @result;
        }
        else {
-            $result .= '/' if length $result && $result ne '/';
-            $result .= $part;
+            push @result, $part;
        }
-        debug(7, 6, "| Join now: $result");
    }
-    debug(6, 5, "| Joined: $result");

-    # Need this to remove any initial ./
-    $result = File::Spec->canonpath($result);
-
-    # remove foo/..
-    1 while $result =~ s,(^|/)(?!\.\.)[^/]+/\.\.(/|$),$1,;
-    debug(6, 5, "| After .. removal: $result");
-
-    $result = File::Spec->canonpath($result);
-    debug(5, 5, "| Final join: $result");
-
-    return $result;
+    return join '/', @result;
 }

 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
@ -212,7 +181,7 @@ sub parent {
    my $path = join '/', @_;
    my @elts = split m{/+}, $path;
    pop @elts;
-    return join '/', @elts;
+    return join '/', @elts; 
 }

 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
@ -240,17 +209,17 @@ sub restore_cwd {
 }

 sub adjust_dotfile {
-    my ($pkg_node) = @_;
-    (my $adjusted = $pkg_node) =~ s/^dot-([^.])/.$1/;
-    return $adjusted;
-}
+    my ($target) = @_;

-# Needed when unstowing with --compat and --dotfiles
-sub unadjust_dotfile {
-    my ($target_node) = @_;
-    return $target_node if $target_node =~ /^\.\.?$/;
-    (my $adjusted = $target_node) =~ s/^\./dot-/;
-    return $adjusted;
+    my @result = ();
+    for my $part (split m{/+}, $target) {
+        if (($part ne "dot-") && ($part ne "dot-.")) {
+            $part =~ s/^dot-/./;
+        }
+        push @result, $part;
+    }
+
+    return join '/', @result;
 }

 =head1 BUGS
@ -263,5 +232,6 @@ sub unadjust_dotfile {

 # Local variables:
 # mode: perl
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
 # end:
 # vim: ft=perl
--- a/t/cleanup_invalid_links.t
+++ b/t/cleanup_invalid_links.t
@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use Test::More tests => 4;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);

 use testutil;
-use Stow::Util;

 init_test_dirs();
 cd("$TEST_DIR/target");
@ -35,64 +34,48 @@ my $stow;

 # Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files

-subtest('nothing to clean in a simple tree' => sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
+#
+# nothing to clean in a simple tree
+# 

-    make_path('../stow/pkg1/bin1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');
-    make_link('bin1', '../stow/pkg1/bin1');

-    $stow = new_Stow();
-    $stow->cleanup_invalid_links('./');
-    is(
-        scalar($stow->get_tasks), 0
-        => 'nothing to clean'
-    );
-});
+make_path('../stow/pkg1/bin1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');
+make_link('bin1', '../stow/pkg1/bin1');

-subtest('cleanup an orphaned owned link in a simple tree' => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
+$stow = new_Stow();
+$stow->cleanup_invalid_links('./');
+is(
+   scalar($stow->get_tasks), 0
+    => 'nothing to clean' 
+);

-    make_path('bin2');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg2/bin2');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg2/bin2/file2a');
-    make_link('bin2/file2a', '../../stow/pkg2/bin2/file2a');
-    make_invalid_link('bin2/file2b', '../../stow/pkg2/bin2/file2b');
+#
+# cleanup a bad link in a simple tree
+# 
+make_path('bin2');
+make_path('../stow/pkg2/bin2');
+make_file('../stow/pkg2/bin2/file2a');
+make_link('bin2/file2a', '../../stow/pkg2/bin2/file2a');
+make_invalid_link('bin2/file2b', '../../stow/pkg2/bin2/file2b');

-    $stow = new_Stow();
-    $stow->cleanup_invalid_links('bin2');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'no conflicts cleaning up bad link');
-    is(scalar($stow->get_tasks), 1, 'one task cleaning up bad link');
-    is($stow->link_task_action('bin2/file2b'), 'remove', 'removal task for bad link');
-});
+$stow = new_Stow();
+$stow->cleanup_invalid_links('bin2');
+is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'no conflicts cleaning up bad link');
+is(scalar($stow->get_tasks),     1, 'one task cleaning up bad link');
+is($stow->link_task_action('bin2/file2b'), 'remove', 'removal task for bad link');

-subtest("don't cleanup a bad link not owned by stow" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
+#
+# dont cleanup a bad link not owned by stow
+# 

-    make_path('bin3');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg3/bin3');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg3/bin3/file3a');
-    make_link('bin3/file3a', '../../stow/pkg3/bin3/file3a');
-    make_invalid_link('bin3/file3b', '../../empty');
+make_path('bin3');
+make_path('../stow/pkg3/bin3');
+make_file('../stow/pkg3/bin3/file3a');
+make_link('bin3/file3a', '../../stow/pkg3/bin3/file3a');
+make_invalid_link('bin3/file3b', '../../empty');

-    $stow = new_Stow();
-    $stow->cleanup_invalid_links('bin3');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'no conflicts cleaning up bad link not owned by stow');
-    is(scalar($stow->get_tasks), 0, 'no tasks cleaning up bad link not owned by stow');
-});
-
-subtest("don't cleanup a valid link in the target not owned by stow" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-
-    make_path('bin4');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4/bin4');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4/bin4/file3a');
-    make_link('bin4/file3a', '../../stow/pkg4/bin4/file3a');
-    make_file("unowned");
-    make_link('bin4/file3b', '../unowned');
-
-    $stow = new_Stow();
-    $stow->cleanup_invalid_links('bin4');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'no conflicts cleaning up bad link not owned by stow');
-    is(scalar($stow->get_tasks), 0, 'no tasks cleaning up bad link not owned by stow');
-});
+$stow = new_Stow();
+$stow->cleanup_invalid_links('bin3');
+is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'no conflicts cleaning up bad link not owned by stow');
+is(scalar($stow->get_tasks),     0, 'no tasks cleaning up bad link not owned by stow');
--- a/t/dotfiles.t
+++ b/t/dotfiles.t
@ -22,214 +22,190 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use Test::More tests => 12;
+use testutil;
+
+use Test::More tests => 10;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);

-use Stow::Util qw(adjust_dotfile unadjust_dotfile);
 use testutil;

 init_test_dirs();
 cd("$TEST_DIR/target");

-subtest('adjust_dotfile()', sub {
-    plan tests => 4;
-    my @TESTS = (
-        ['file'],
-        ['dot-'],
-        ['dot-.'],
-        ['dot-file', '.file'],
-    );
-    for my $test (@TESTS) {
-        my ($input, $expected) = @$test;
-        $expected ||= $input;
-        is(adjust_dotfile($input), $expected);
-    }
-});
-
-subtest('unadjust_dotfile()', sub {
-    plan tests => 4;
-    my @TESTS = (
-        ['file'],
-        ['.'],
-        ['..'],
-        ['.file', 'dot-file'],
-    );
-    for my $test (@TESTS) {
-        my ($input, $expected) = @$test;
-        $expected ||= $input;
-        is(unadjust_dotfile($input), $expected);
-    }
-});
-
 my $stow;

-subtest("stow dot-foo as .foo", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo');
+#
+# process a dotfile marked with 'dot' prefix
+#

-    $stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('.foo'),
-        '../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo',
-        => 'processed dotfile'
-    );
-});
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);

-subtest("stow dot-foo as dot-foo without --dotfile enabled", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 0);
-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo');
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo');

-    $stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('dot-foo'),
-        '../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo',
-        => 'unprocessed dotfile'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('.foo'),
+    '../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo',
+    => 'processed dotfile'
+);

-subtest("stow dot-emacs dir as .emacs", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+#
+# ensure that turning off dotfile processing links files as usual
+#

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs/init.el');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 0);

-    $stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('.emacs'),
-        '../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs',
-        => 'processed dotfile dir'
-    );
-});
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo');

-subtest("stow dir marked with 'dot' prefix when directory exists in target", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+$stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('dot-foo'),
+    '../stow/dotfiles/dot-foo',
+    => 'unprocessed dotfile'
+);

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
-    make_path('.emacs.d');

-    $stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('.emacs.d/init.el'),
-        '../../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el',
-        => 'processed dotfile dir when dir exists (1 level)'
-    );
-});
+#
+# process folder marked with 'dot' prefix
+#

-subtest("stow dir marked with 'dot' prefix when directory exists in target (2 levels)", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/dot-emacs.d');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
-    make_path('.emacs.d');
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs/init.el');

-    $stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('.emacs.d/.emacs.d'),
-        '../../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/dot-emacs.d',
-        => 'processed dotfile dir exists (2 levels)'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('.emacs'),
+    '../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs',
+    => 'processed dotfile folder'
+);

-subtest("stow dir marked with 'dot' prefix when directory exists in target", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+#
+# process folder marked with 'dot' prefix
+# when directory exists is target
+#

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-one/dot-two');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-one/dot-two/three');
-    make_path('.one/.two');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);

-    $stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('./.one/.two/three'),
-        '../../../stow/dotfiles/dot-one/dot-two/three',
-        => 'processed dotfile 2 dir exists (2 levels)'
-    );
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
+make_path('.emacs.d');

-});
+$stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('.emacs.d/init.el'),
+    '../../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el',
+    => 'processed dotfile folder when folder exists (1 level)'
+);

-subtest("dot-. should not have that part expanded.", sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+#
+# process folder marked with 'dot' prefix
+# when directory exists is target (2 levels)
+#

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-.');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-./foo');
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/dot-emacs.d');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
+make_path('.emacs.d');

-    $stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('dot-'),
-        '../stow/dotfiles/dot-',
-        => 'processed dotfile'
-    );
-    is(
-        readlink('dot-.'),
-        '../stow/dotfiles/dot-.',
-        => 'unprocessed dotfile'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('.emacs.d/.emacs.d'),
+    '../../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/dot-emacs.d',
+    => 'processed dotfile folder exists (2 levels)'
+);

-subtest("unstow .bar from dot-bar", sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+#
+# process folder marked with 'dot' prefix
+# when directory exists is target
+#

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-bar');
-    make_link('.bar', '../stow/dotfiles/dot-bar');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);

-    $stow->plan_unstow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    ok(-f '../stow/dotfiles/dot-bar', 'package file untouched');
-    ok(! -e '.bar' => '.bar was unstowed');
-});
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-one/dot-two');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-one/dot-two/three');
+make_path('.one/.two');

-subtest("unstow dot-emacs.d/init.el when .emacs.d/init.el in target", sub {
-    plan tests => 4;
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+$stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('./.one/.two/three'),
+    '../../../stow/dotfiles/dot-one/dot-two/three',
+    => 'processed dotfile 2 folder exists (2 levels)'
+);

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
-    make_path('.emacs.d');
-    make_link('.emacs.d/init.el', '../../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');

-    $stow->plan_unstow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    ok(-f '../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
-    ok(! -e '.emacs.d/init.el', '.emacs.d/init.el unstowed');
-    ok(-d '.emacs.d/' => '.emacs.d left behind');
-});
+#
+# corner case: paths that have a part in them that's just "$DOT_PREFIX" or
+# "$DOT_PREFIX." should not have that part expanded.
+#

-subtest("unstow dot-emacs.d/init.el in --compat mode", sub {
-    plan tests => 4;
-    $stow = new_compat_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);

-    make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d');
-    make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
-    make_path('.emacs.d');
-    make_link('.emacs.d/init.el', '../../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-');

-    $stow->plan_unstow('dotfiles');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    ok(-f '../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
-    ok(! -e '.emacs.d/init.el', '.emacs.d/init.el unstowed');
-    ok(-d '.emacs.d/' => '.emacs.d left behind');
-});
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-.');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-./foo');
+
+$stow->plan_stow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('dot-'),
+    '../stow/dotfiles/dot-',
+    => 'processed dotfile'
+);
+is(
+    readlink('dot-.'),
+    '../stow/dotfiles/dot-.',
+    => 'unprocessed dotfile'
+);
+
+#
+# simple unstow scenario
+#
+
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-bar');
+make_link('.bar', '../stow/dotfiles/dot-bar');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f '../stow/dotfiles/dot-bar' && ! -e '.bar'
+    => 'unstow a simple dotfile'
+);
+
+#
+# unstow process folder marked with 'dot' prefix
+# when directory exists is target
+#
+
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow', dotfiles => 1);
+
+make_path('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d');
+make_file('../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
+make_path('.emacs.d');
+make_link('.emacs.d/init.el', '../../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('dotfiles');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f '../stow/dotfiles/dot-emacs.d/init.el' &&
+    ! -e '.emacs.d/init.el' &&
+    -d '.emacs.d/'
+    => 'unstow dotfile folder when folder already exists'
+);
--- a/t/find_stowed_path.t
+++ b/t/find_stowed_path.t
@ -16,133 +16,65 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

 #
-# Testing Stow:: find_stowed_path()
+# Testing find_stowed_path()
 #

 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use Test::More tests => 10;
+use Test::More tests => 18;

 use testutil;
 use Stow::Util qw(set_debug_level);

 init_test_dirs();

-subtest("find link to a stowed path with relative target" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
+my $stow = new_Stow(dir => "$TEST_DIR/stow");
+#set_debug_level(4);

-    # This is a relative path, unlike $ABS_TEST_DIR below.
-    my $target = "$TEST_DIR/target";
+my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
+    $stow->find_stowed_path("$TEST_DIR/target/a/b/c", "../../../stow/a/b/c");
+is($path, "$TEST_DIR/stow/a/b/c", "path");
+is($stow_path, "$TEST_DIR/stow", "stow path");
+is($package, "a", "package");

-    my $stow = new_Stow(dir => "$TEST_DIR/stow", target => $target);
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../../stow/a/b/c");
-    is($path, "../stow/a/b/c", "path");
-    is($stow_path, "../stow", "stow path");
-    is($package, "a", "package");
-});
+cd("$TEST_DIR/target");
+$stow->set_stow_dir("../stow");
+($path, $stow_path, $package) =
+    $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../../stow/a/b/c");
+is($path, "../stow/a/b/c", "path from target directory");
+is($stow_path, "../stow", "stow path from target directory");
+is($package, "a", "from target directory");

-my $stow = new_Stow(dir => "$ABS_TEST_DIR/stow", target => "$ABS_TEST_DIR/target");
+make_path("stow");
+cd("../..");
+$stow->set_stow_dir("$TEST_DIR/target/stow");

-# Required by creation of stow2 and stow2/.stow below
-cd("$ABS_TEST_DIR/target");
+($path, $stow_path, $package) =
+    $stow->find_stowed_path("$TEST_DIR/target/a/b/c", "../../stow/a/b/c");
+is($path, "$TEST_DIR/target/stow/a/b/c", "path");
+is($stow_path, "$TEST_DIR/target/stow", "stow path");
+is($package, "a", "stow is subdir of target directory");

-subtest("find link to a stowed path" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../../stow/a/b/c");
-    is($path, "../stow/a/b/c", "path from target directory");
-    is($stow_path, "../stow", "stow path from target directory");
-    is($package, "a", "from target directory");
-});
+($path, $stow_path, $package) =
+    $stow->find_stowed_path("$TEST_DIR/target/a/b/c", "../../empty");
+is($path, "", "empty path");
+is($stow_path, "", "empty stow path");
+is($package, "", "target is not stowed");

-subtest("find link to alien path not owned by Stow" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../alien");
-    is($path, "", "alien is not stowed, so path is empty");
-    is($stow_path, "", "alien, so stow path is empty");
-    is($package, "", "alien is not stowed in any package");
-});
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/target/stow2");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/target/stow2/.stow");

-# Make a second stow directory within the target directory, so that we
-# can check that links to package files within that stow directory are
-# detected correctly.
-make_path("stow2");
+($path, $stow_path, $package) =
+    $stow->find_stowed_path("$TEST_DIR/target/a/b/c","../../stow2/a/b/c");
+is($path, "$TEST_DIR/target/stow2/a/b/c", "path");
+is($stow_path, "$TEST_DIR/target/stow2", "stow path");
+is($package, "a", "detect alternate stow directory");

-# However this second stow directory is still "alien" to stow until we
-# put a .stow file in it.  So first test a symlink pointing to a path
-# within this second stow directory
-subtest("second stow dir still alien without .stow" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../stow2/a/b/c");
-    is($path, "", "stow2 not a stow dir yet, so path is empty");
-    is($stow_path, "", "stow2 not a stow dir yet so stow path is empty");
-    is($package, "", "not stowed in any recognised package yet");
-});
-
-# Now make stow2 a secondary stow directory and test that
-make_file("stow2/.stow");
-
-subtest(".stow makes second stow dir owned by Stow" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../stow2/a/b/c");
-    is($path, "stow2/a/b/c", "path");
-    is($stow_path, "stow2", "stow path");
-    is($package, "a", "detect alternate stow directory");
-});
-
-subtest("relative symlink pointing to target dir" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../..");
-    # Technically the target dir is not owned by Stow, since
-    # Stow won't touch the target dir itself, only its contents.
-    is($path, "", "path");
-    is($stow_path, "", "stow path");
-    is($package, "", "corner case - link points to target dir");
-});
-
-subtest("relative symlink pointing to parent of target dir" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../../..");
-    is($path, "", "path");
-    is($stow_path, "", "stow path");
-    is($package, "", "corner case - link points to parent of target dir");
-});
-
-subtest("unowned symlink pointing to absolute path inside target" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "$ABS_TEST_DIR/target/d");
-    is($path, "", "path");
-    is($stow_path, "", "stow path");
-    is($package, "", "symlink unowned by Stow points to absolute path outside target directory");
-});
-
-subtest("unowned symlink pointing to absolute path outside target" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "/dev/null");
-    is($path, "", "path");
-    is($stow_path, "", "stow path");
-    is($package, "", "symlink unowned by Stow points to absolute path outside target directory");
-});
-
-# Now make stow2 the primary stow directory and test that it still
-# works when the stow directory is under the target directory
-$stow->set_stow_dir("$ABS_TEST_DIR/target/stow2");
-
-subtest("stow2 becomes the primary stow directory" => sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-
-    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
-        $stow->find_stowed_path("a/b/c", "../../stow2/a/b/c");
-    is($path, "stow2/a/b/c", "path in stow2");
-    is($stow_path, "stow2", "stow path for stow2");
-    is($package, "a", "stow2 is subdir of target directory");
-});
+# Possible corner case with rogue symlink pointing to ancestor of
+# stow dir.
+($path, $stow_path, $package) =
+    $stow->find_stowed_path("$TEST_DIR/target/a/b/c","../../..");
+is($path, "", "path");
+is($stow_path, "", "stow path");
+is($package, "", "corner case - link points to ancestor of stow dir");
--- a/t/join_paths.t
+++ b/t/join_paths.t
@ -22,40 +22,91 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use Stow::Util qw(join_paths set_debug_level);
+use Stow::Util qw(join_paths);

-#set_debug_level(4);
+use Test::More tests => 14;

-use Test::More tests => 22;
-
-my @TESTS = (
-  [['a/b/c', 'd/e/f'], 'a/b/c/d/e/f' => 'simple'],
-  [['a/b/c', '/d/e/f'], '/d/e/f' => 'relative then absolute'],
-  [['/a/b/c', 'd/e/f'], '/a/b/c/d/e/f' => 'absolute then relative'],
-  [['/a/b/c', '/d/e/f'], '/d/e/f' => 'two absolutes'],
-  [['/a/b/c/', '/d/e/f/'], '/d/e/f' => 'two absolutes with trailing /'],
-  [['///a/b///c//', '/d///////e/f'], '/d/e/f' => "multiple /'s, absolute"],
-  [['///a/b///c//', 'd///////e/f'], '/a/b/c/d/e/f' => "multiple /'s, relative"],
-  [['', 'a/b/c'], 'a/b/c' => 'first empty'],
-  [['a/b/c', ''], 'a/b/c' => 'second empty'],
-  [['/', 'a/b/c'], '/a/b/c' => 'first is /'],
-  [['a/b/c', '/'], '/' => 'second is /'],
-  [['../a1/b1/../c1/', 'a2/../b2/e2'], '../a1/c1/b2/e2' => 'relative with ../'],
-  [['../a1/b1/../c1/', '/a2/../b2/e2'], '/b2/e2' => 'absolute with ../'],
-  [['../a1/../../c1', 'a2/../../'], '../..' => 'lots of ../'],
-  [['./', '../a2'], '../a2' => 'drop any "./"'],
-  [['./a1', '../../a2'], '../a2' => 'drop any "./foo"'],
-  [['a/b/c', '.'], 'a/b/c' => '. on RHS'],
-  [['a/b/c', '.', 'd/e'], 'a/b/c/d/e' => '. in middle'],
-  [['0', 'a/b'], '0/a/b' => '0 at start'],
-  [['/0', 'a/b'], '/0/a/b' => '/0 at start'],
-  [['a/b/c', '0', 'd/e'], 'a/b/c/0/d/e' => '0 in middle'],
-  [['a/b', '0'], 'a/b/0' => '0 at end'],
+is(
+    join_paths('a/b/c', 'd/e/f'),
+    'a/b/c/d/e/f'
+    => 'simple'
 );

-for my $test (@TESTS) {
-  my ($inputs, $expected, $scenario) = @$test;
-  my $got = join_paths(@$inputs);
-  my $descr = "$scenario: in=[" . join(', ', map "'$_'", @$inputs) . "] exp=[$expected] got=[$got]";
-  is($got, $expected, $descr);
-}
+is(
+    join_paths('/a/b/c', '/d/e/f'),
+    '/a/b/c/d/e/f'
+    => 'leading /'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('/a/b/c/', '/d/e/f/'),
+    '/a/b/c/d/e/f'
+    => 'trailing /'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('///a/b///c//', '/d///////e/f'),
+    '/a/b/c/d/e/f'
+    => 'mltiple /\'s'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('', 'a/b/c'),
+    'a/b/c'
+    => 'first empty'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('a/b/c', ''),
+    'a/b/c'
+    => 'second empty'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('/', 'a/b/c'),
+    '/a/b/c'
+    => 'first is /'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('a/b/c', '/'),
+    'a/b/c'
+    => 'second is /'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('///a/b///c//', '/d///////e/f'),
+    '/a/b/c/d/e/f'
+    => 'multiple /\'s'
+);
+
+
+is(
+    join_paths('../a1/b1/../c1/', '/a2/../b2/e2'),
+    '../a1/c1/b2/e2'
+    => 'simple deref ".."'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('../a1/b1/../c1/d1/e1', '../a2/../b2/c2/d2/../e2'),
+    '../a1/c1/d1/b2/c2/e2'
+    => 'complex deref ".."'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('../a1/../../c1', 'a2/../../'),
+    '../..'
+    => 'too many ".."'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('./a1', '../../a2'),
+    '../a2'
+    => 'drop any "./"'
+);
+
+is(
+    join_paths('a/b/c', '.'),
+    'a/b/c'
+    => '. on RHS'
+);
--- a/t/link_dest_within_stow_dir.t
+++ b/t/link_dest_within_stow_dir.t
@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-#
-# This file is part of GNU Stow.
-#
-# GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
-
-#
-# Testing Stow::link_dest_within_stow_dir()
-#
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use Test::More tests => 6;
-
-use testutil;
-use Stow::Util;
-
-init_test_dirs();
-
-# This is a relative path, unlike $ABS_TEST_DIR below.
-my $stow = new_Stow(dir => "$TEST_DIR/stow",
-                    target => "$TEST_DIR/target");
-
-subtest("relative stow dir, link to top-level package file" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my ($package, $path) =
-        $stow->link_dest_within_stow_dir("../stow/pkg/dir/file");
-    is($package, "pkg", "package");
-    is($path, "dir/file", "path");
-});
-
-subtest("relative stow dir, link to second-level package file" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my ($package, $path) =
-        $stow->link_dest_within_stow_dir("../stow/pkg/dir/subdir/file");
-    is($package, "pkg", "package");
-    is($path, "dir/subdir/file", "path");
-});
-
-# This is an absolute path, unlike $TEST_DIR above.
-$stow = new_Stow(dir => "$ABS_TEST_DIR/stow",
-                    target => "$ABS_TEST_DIR/target");
-
-subtest("relative stow dir, link to second-level package file" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my ($package, $path) =
-        $stow->link_dest_within_stow_dir("../stow/pkg/dir/file");
-    is($package, "pkg", "package");
-    is($path, "dir/file", "path");
-});
-
-subtest("absolute stow dir, link to top-level package file" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my ($package, $path) =
-        $stow->link_dest_within_stow_dir("../stow/pkg/dir/subdir/file");
-    is($package, "pkg", "package");
-    is($path, "dir/subdir/file", "path");
-});
-
-# Links with destination in the target are not pointing within
-# the stow dir, so they're not owned by stow.
-subtest("link to path in target" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my ($package, $path) =
-        $stow->link_dest_within_stow_dir("./alien");
-    is($path, "", "alien is in target, so path is empty");
-    is($package, "", "alien is in target, so package is empty");
-});
-
-subtest("link to path outside target and stow dir" => sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my ($package, $path) =
-        $stow->link_dest_within_stow_dir("../alien");
-    is($path, "", "alien is outside, so path is empty");
-    is($package, "", "alien is outside, so package is empty");
-});
--- a/t/stow.t
+++ b/t/stow.t
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use Test::More tests => 22;
+use Test::More tests => 118;
 use Test::Output;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);

@ -37,535 +37,520 @@ my %conflicts;

 # Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files

-subtest('stow a simple tree minimally', sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow');
+#
+# stow a simple tree minimally
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow');

-    make_path('../stow/pkg1/bin1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');
+make_path('../stow/pkg1/bin1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg1');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
-    is(
-        readlink('bin1'),
-        '../stow/pkg1/bin1',
-        => 'minimal stow of a simple tree'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg1');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
+is(
+    readlink('bin1'),
+    '../stow/pkg1/bin1',
+    => 'minimal stow of a simple tree'
+);

-subtest('stow a simple tree into an existing directory', sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
+#
+# stow a simple tree into an existing directory
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-    make_path('../stow/pkg2/lib2');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
-    make_path('lib2');
+make_path('../stow/pkg2/lib2');
+make_file('../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
+make_path('lib2');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg2');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is(
-        readlink('lib2/file2'),
-        '../../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2',
-        => 'stow simple tree to existing directory'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg2');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('lib2/file2'),
+    '../../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2',
+    => 'stow simple tree to existing directory'
+);

-subtest('unfold existing tree', sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
+#
+# unfold existing tree
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-    make_path('../stow/pkg3a/bin3');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a');
-    make_link('bin3' => '../stow/pkg3a/bin3'); # emulate stow
+make_path('../stow/pkg3a/bin3');
+make_file('../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a');
+make_link('bin3' => '../stow/pkg3a/bin3'); # emulate stow

-    make_path('../stow/pkg3b/bin3');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b');
+make_path('../stow/pkg3b/bin3');
+make_file('../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg3b');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    ok(-d 'bin3');
-    is(readlink('bin3/file3a'), '../../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a');
-    is(readlink('bin3/file3b'), '../../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b'
-        => 'target already has 1 stowed package');
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg3b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    -d 'bin3' &&
+    readlink('bin3/file3a') eq '../../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a'  &&
+    readlink('bin3/file3b') eq '../../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b'
+    => 'target already has 1 stowed package'
+);

-subtest("Package dir 'bin4' conflicts with existing non-dir so can't unfold", sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
+#
+# Link to a new dir 'bin4' conflicts with existing non-dir so can't
+# unfold
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-    make_file('bin4'); # this is a file but named like a directory
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4/bin4');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4/bin4/file4');
+make_file('bin4'); # this is a file but named like a directory
+make_path('../stow/pkg4/bin4');
+make_file('../stow/pkg4/bin4/file4');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg4');
-    %conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 1);
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg4');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 1 &&
+    $conflicts{stow}{pkg4}[0] =~
+    qr/existing target is neither a link nor a directory/
+    => 'link to new dir bin4 conflicts with existing non-directory'
+);
+
+#
+# Link to a new dir 'bin4a' conflicts with existing non-dir so can't
+# unfold even with --adopt
+#
+#$stow = new_Stow(adopt => 1);
+$stow = new_Stow();
+
+make_file('bin4a'); # this is a file but named like a directory
+make_path('../stow/pkg4a/bin4a');
+make_file('../stow/pkg4a/bin4a/file4a');
+
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg4a');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 1 &&
+    $conflicts{stow}{pkg4a}[0] =~
+    qr/existing target is neither a link nor a directory/
+    => 'link to new dir bin4a conflicts with existing non-directory'
+);
+
+#
+# Link to files 'file4b' and 'bin4b' conflict with existing files
+# without --adopt
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();
+
+# Populate target
+make_file('file4b',       'file4b - version originally in target');
+make_path ('bin4b');
+make_file('bin4b/file4b', 'bin4b/file4b - version originally in target');
+
+# Populate
+make_path ('../stow/pkg4b/bin4b');
+make_file('../stow/pkg4b/file4b',       'file4b - version originally in stow package');
+make_file('../stow/pkg4b/bin4b/file4b', 'bin4b/file4b - version originally in stow package');
+
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg4b');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
+is($stow->get_conflict_count, 2 => 'conflict per file');
+for my $i (0, 1) {
    like(
-        $conflicts{stow}{pkg4}[0],
-        qr!cannot stow ../stow/pkg4/bin4 over existing target bin4 since neither a link nor a directory and --adopt not specified!
-        => 'link to new dir bin4 conflicts with existing non-directory'
+        $conflicts{stow}{pkg4b}[$i],
+        qr/existing target is neither a link nor a directory/
+        => 'link to file4b conflicts with existing non-directory'
    );
-});
+}

-subtest("Package dir 'bin4a' conflicts with existing non-dir " .
-        "so can't unfold even with --adopt", sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(adopt => 1);
+#
+# Link to files 'file4b' and 'bin4b' do not conflict with existing
+# files when --adopt is given
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(adopt => 1);

-    make_file('bin4a'); # this is a file but named like a directory
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4a/bin4a');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4a/bin4a/file4a');
+# Populate target
+make_file('file4c',       "file4c - version originally in target\n");
+make_path ('bin4c');
+make_file('bin4c/file4c', "bin4c/file4c - version originally in target\n");

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg4a');
-    %conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 1);
-    like(
-        $conflicts{stow}{pkg4a}[0],
-        qr!cannot stow directory ../stow/pkg4a/bin4a over existing non-directory target bin4a!
-        => 'link to new dir bin4a conflicts with existing non-directory'
-    );
-});
+# Populate
+make_path ('../stow/pkg4c/bin4c');
+make_file('../stow/pkg4c/file4c',       "file4c - version originally in stow package\n");
+make_file('../stow/pkg4c/bin4c/file4c', "bin4c/file4c - version originally in stow package\n");

-subtest("Package files 'file4b' and 'bin4b' conflict with existing files", sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
-
-    # Populate target
-    make_file('file4b',       'file4b - version originally in target');
-    make_path('bin4b');
-    make_file('bin4b/file4b', 'bin4b/file4b - version originally in target');
-
-    # Populate stow package
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4b');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4b/file4b',       'file4b - version originally in stow package');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4b/bin4b');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4b/bin4b/file4b', 'bin4b/file4b - version originally in stow package');
-
-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg4b');
-    %conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 2 => 'conflict per file');
-    for my $i (0, 1) {
-        my $target = $i ? 'file4b' : 'bin4b/file4b';
-        like(
-            $conflicts{stow}{pkg4b}[$i],
-            qr,cannot stow ../stow/pkg4b/$target over existing target $target since neither a link nor a directory and --adopt not specified,
-            => 'link to file4b conflicts with existing non-directory'
-        );
-    }
-});
-
-subtest("Package files 'file4d' conflicts with existing directories", sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
-
-    # Populate target
-    make_path('file4d');  # this is a directory but named like a file to create the conflict
-    make_path('bin4d/file4d'); # same here
-
-    # Populate stow package
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4d');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4d/file4d',       'file4d - version originally in stow package');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4d/bin4d');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4d/bin4d/file4d', 'bin4d/file4d - version originally in stow package');
-
-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg4d');
-    %conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 2 => 'conflict per file');
-    for my $i (0, 1) {
-        my $target = $i ? 'file4d' : 'bin4d/file4d';
-        like(
-            $conflicts{stow}{pkg4d}[$i],
-            qr!cannot stow non-directory ../stow/pkg4d/$target over existing directory target $target!
-            => 'link to file4d conflicts with existing non-directory'
-        );
-    }
-});
-
-subtest("Package files 'file4c' and 'bin4c' can adopt existing versions", sub {
-    plan tests => 8;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(adopt => 1);
-
-    # Populate target
-    make_file('file4c',       "file4c - version originally in target\n");
-    make_path ('bin4c');
-    make_file('bin4c/file4c', "bin4c/file4c - version originally in target\n");
-
-    # Populate stow package
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4c');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4c/file4c',       "file4c - version originally in stow package\n");
-    make_path ('../stow/pkg4c/bin4c');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4c/bin4c/file4c', "bin4c/file4c - version originally in stow package\n");
-
-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg4c');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0 => 'no conflicts with --adopt');
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 4 => 'two tasks per file');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    for my $file ('file4c', 'bin4c/file4c') {
-        ok(-l $file, "$file turned into a symlink");
-        is(
-            readlink $file,
-            (index($file, '/') == -1 ? '' : '../' )
-            . "../stow/pkg4c/$file" => "$file points to right place"
-        );
-        is(cat_file($file), "$file - version originally in target\n" => "$file has right contents");
-    }
-
-});
-
-subtest("Target already exists but is not owned by stow", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
-
-    make_path('bin5');
-    make_invalid_link('bin5/file5','../../empty');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg5/bin5/file5');
-
-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg5');
-    %conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
-    like(
-        $conflicts{stow}{pkg5}[-1],
-        qr/not owned by stow/
-        => 'target already exists but is not owned by stow'
-    );
-});
-
-subtest("Replace existing but invalid target", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
-
-    make_invalid_link('file6','../stow/path-does-not-exist');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg6');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg6/file6');
-
-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg6');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg4c');
+is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0 => 'no conflicts with --adopt');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 4 => 'two tasks per file');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+for my $file ('file4c', 'bin4c/file4c') {
+    ok(-l $file, "$file turned into a symlink");
    is(
-        readlink('file6'),
-        '../stow/pkg6/file6'
-        => 'replace existing but invalid target'
+        readlink $file,
+        (index($file, '/') == -1 ? '' : '../' )
+        . "../stow/pkg4c/$file" => "$file points to right place"
    );
-});
+    is(cat_file($file), "$file - version originally in target\n" => "$file has right contents");
+}

-subtest("Target already exists, is owned by stow, but points to a non-directory", sub {
-    plan tests => 1;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
-    #set_debug_level(4);

-    make_path('bin7');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg7a/bin7');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg7a/bin7/node7');
-    make_link('bin7/node7','../../stow/pkg7a/bin7/node7');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg7b/bin7/node7');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg7b/bin7/node7/file7');
+#
+# Target already exists but is not owned by stow
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg7b');
-    %conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
-    like(
-        $conflicts{stow}{pkg7b}[-1],
-        qr/existing target is stowed to a different package/
-        => 'link to new dir conflicts with existing stowed non-directory'
-    );
-});
+make_path('bin5');
+make_invalid_link('bin5/file5','../../empty');
+make_path('../stow/pkg5/bin5/file5');

-subtest("stowing directories named 0", sub {
-    plan tests => 4;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg5');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
+like(
+    $conflicts{stow}{pkg5}[-1],
+    qr/not owned by stow/
+    => 'target already exists but is not owned by stow'
+);

-    make_path('../stow/pkg8a/0');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg8a/0/file8a');
-    make_link('0' => '../stow/pkg8a/0'); # emulate stow
+#
+# Replace existing but invalid target
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-    make_path('../stow/pkg8b/0');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg8b/0/file8b');
+make_invalid_link('file6','../stow/path-does-not-exist');
+make_path('../stow/pkg6');
+make_file('../stow/pkg6/file6');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg8b');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    ok(-d '0');
-    is(readlink('0/file8a'), '../../stow/pkg8a/0/file8a');
-    is(readlink('0/file8b'), '../../stow/pkg8b/0/file8b'
-        => 'stowing directories named 0'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg6');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is(
+    readlink('file6'),
+    '../stow/pkg6/file6'
+    => 'replace existing but invalid target'
+);

-subtest("overriding already stowed documentation", sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(override => ['man9', 'info9']);
+#
+# Target already exists, is owned by stow, but points to a non-directory
+# (can't unfold)
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();
+#set_debug_level(4);

-    make_path('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1');
-    make_path('man9/man1');
-    make_link('man9/man1/file9.1' => '../../../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1'); # emulate stow
+make_path('bin7');
+make_path('../stow/pkg7a/bin7');
+make_file('../stow/pkg7a/bin7/node7');
+make_link('bin7/node7','../../stow/pkg7a/bin7/node7');
+make_path('../stow/pkg7b/bin7/node7');
+make_file('../stow/pkg7b/bin7/node7/file7');

-    make_path('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1/file9.1');
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg7b');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts();
+like(
+    $conflicts{stow}{pkg7b}[-1],
+    qr/existing target is stowed to a different package/
+    => 'link to new dir conflicts with existing stowed non-directory'
+);

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg9b');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    is(readlink('man9/man1/file9.1'), '../../../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1/file9.1'
-        => 'overriding existing documentation files'
-    );
-});
+#
+# stowing directories named 0
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-subtest("deferring to already stowed documentation", sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(defer => ['man10', 'info10']);
+make_path('../stow/pkg8a/0');
+make_file('../stow/pkg8a/0/file8a');
+make_link('0' => '../stow/pkg8a/0'); # emulate stow

-    make_path('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10.1');
-    make_path('man10/man1');
-    make_link('man10/man1/file10.1' => '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10.1'); # emulate stow
+make_path('../stow/pkg8b/0');
+make_file('../stow/pkg8b/0/file8b');

-    make_path('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10.1');
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg8b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -d '0' &&
+    readlink('0/file8a') eq '../../stow/pkg8a/0/file8a'  &&
+    readlink('0/file8b') eq '../../stow/pkg8b/0/file8b'
+    => 'stowing directories named 0'
+);

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg10b');
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    is(readlink('man10/man1/file10.1'), '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10.1'
-        => 'defer to existing documentation files'
-    );
-});
+#
+# overriding already stowed documentation
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(override => ['man9', 'info9']);

-subtest("Ignore temp files", sub {
-    plan tests => 4;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(ignore => ['~', '\.#.*']);
+make_path('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1');
+make_path('man9/man1');
+make_link('man9/man1/file9.1' => '../../../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1'); # emulate stow

-    make_path('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/file11.1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/file11.1~');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/.#file11.1');
-    make_path('man11/man1');
+make_path('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1/file9.1');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg11');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    is(readlink('man11/man1/file11.1'), '../../../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/file11.1');
-    ok(!-e 'man11/man1/file11.1~');
-    ok(!-e 'man11/man1/.#file11.1'
-        => 'ignore temp files'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg9b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    readlink('man9/man1/file9.1') eq '../../../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1/file9.1'
+    => 'overriding existing documentation files'
+);

-subtest("stowing links library files", sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
+#
+# deferring to already stowed documentation
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(defer => ['man10', 'info10']);

-    make_path('../stow/pkg12/lib12/');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so.1');
-    make_link('../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so', 'lib.so.1');
+make_path('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10.1');
+make_path('man10/man1');
+make_link('man10/man1/file10.1' => '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10.1'); # emulate stow

-    make_path('lib12/');
+make_path('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10.1');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg12');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    is(readlink('lib12/lib.so.1'), '../../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so.1');
-    is(readlink('lib12/lib.so'), '../../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so'
-        => 'stow links to libraries'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg10b');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    readlink('man10/man1/file10.1') eq '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10.1'
+    => 'defer to existing documentation files'
+);

-subtest("unfolding to stow links to library files", sub {
-    plan tests => 5;
-    my $stow = new_Stow();
+#
+# Ignore temp files
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(ignore => ['~', '\.#.*']);

-    make_path('../stow/pkg13a/lib13/');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so.1');
-    make_link('../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so', 'liba.so.1');
-    make_link('lib13','../stow/pkg13a/lib13');
+make_path('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/file11.1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/file11.1~');
+make_file('../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/.#file11.1');
+make_path('man11/man1');

-    make_path('../stow/pkg13b/lib13/');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so.1');
-    make_link('../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so', 'libb.so.1');
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg11');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    readlink('man11/man1/file11.1') eq '../../../stow/pkg11/man11/man1/file11.1' &&
+    !-e 'man11/man1/file11.1~' &&
+    !-e 'man11/man1/.#file11.1'
+    => 'ignore temp files'
+);

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg13b');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    is(readlink('lib13/liba.so.1'), '../../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so.1');
-    is(readlink('lib13/liba.so'  ), '../../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so');
-    is(readlink('lib13/libb.so.1'), '../../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so.1');
-    is(readlink('lib13/libb.so'  ), '../../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so'
-       => 'unfolding to stow links to libraries'
-    );
-});
+#
+# stowing links library files
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-subtest("stowing to stow dir should fail", sub {
-    plan tests => 4;
-    make_path('stow');
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => 'stow');
+make_path('../stow/pkg12/lib12/');
+make_file('../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so.1');
+make_link('../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so', 'lib.so.1');

-    make_path('stow/pkg14/stow/pkg15');
-    make_file('stow/pkg14/stow/pkg15/node15');
+make_path('lib12/');

-    stderr_like(
-        sub { $stow->plan_stow('pkg14'); },
-        qr/WARNING: skipping target which was current stow directory stow/,
-        "stowing to stow dir should give warning"
-    );
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg12');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    readlink('lib12/lib.so.1') eq '../../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so.1' &&
+    readlink('lib12/lib.so'  ) eq '../../stow/pkg12/lib12/lib.so'
+    => 'stow links to libraries'
+);

-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0);
-    ok(
-        ! -l 'stow/pkg15'
-        => "stowing to stow dir should fail"
-    );
-});
+#
+# unfolding to stow links to library files
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-subtest("stow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target", sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    cd('../..');
-    $stow = new_Stow(dir => "$TEST_DIR/stow", target => "$TEST_DIR/target");
+make_path('../stow/pkg13a/lib13/');
+make_file('../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so.1');
+make_link('../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so', 'liba.so.1');
+make_link('lib13','../stow/pkg13a/lib13');

-    make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg16/bin16");
-    make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg16/bin16/file16");
+make_path('../stow/pkg13b/lib13/');
+make_file('../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so.1');
+make_link('../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so', 'libb.so.1');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg16');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
-    is(
-        readlink("$TEST_DIR/target/bin16"),
-        '../stow/pkg16/bin16',
-        => "minimal stow of a simple tree when cwd isn't target"
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg13b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    readlink('lib13/liba.so.1') eq '../../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so.1'  &&
+    readlink('lib13/liba.so'  ) eq '../../stow/pkg13a/lib13/liba.so'    &&
+    readlink('lib13/libb.so.1') eq '../../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so.1'  &&
+    readlink('lib13/libb.so'  ) eq '../../stow/pkg13b/lib13/libb.so'
+    => 'unfolding to stow links to libraries'
+);

-subtest("stow a simple tree minimally to absolute stow dir when cwd isn't", sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(dir => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
-                        target => "$TEST_DIR/target");
+#
+# stowing to stow dir should fail
+#
+make_path('stow');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => 'stow');

-    make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg17/bin17");
-    make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg17/bin17/file17");
+make_path('stow/pkg14/stow/pkg15');
+make_file('stow/pkg14/stow/pkg15/node15');

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg17');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
-    is(
-        readlink("$TEST_DIR/target/bin17"),
-        '../stow/pkg17/bin17',
-        => "minimal stow of a simple tree with absolute stow dir"
-    );
-});
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg14');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    ! -l 'stow/pkg15'
+    => "stowing to stow dir should fail"
+);
+like($stderr,
+     qr/WARNING: skipping target which was current stow directory stow/
+     => "stowing to stow dir should give warning");
+uncapture_stderr();

-subtest("stow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs when", sub {
-    plan tests => 2;
-    my $stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
-                        target => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/target"));
+#
+# stow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target
+#
+cd('../..');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => "$TEST_DIR/stow", target => "$TEST_DIR/target");

-    make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg18/bin18");
-    make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg18/bin18/file18");
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg16/bin16");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg16/bin16/file16");

-    $stow->plan_stow('pkg18');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
-    is(
-        readlink("$TEST_DIR/target/bin18"),
-        '../stow/pkg18/bin18',
-        => "minimal stow of a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs"
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg16');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
+is(
+    readlink("$TEST_DIR/target/bin16"),
+    '../stow/pkg16/bin16',
+    => "minimal stow of a simple tree when cwd isn't target"
+);

-subtest("stow a tree with no-folding enabled", sub {
-    plan tests => 82;
-    # folded directories should be split open (unfolded) where
-    # (and only where) necessary
-    #
-    cd("$TEST_DIR/target");
+#
+# stow a simple tree minimally to absolute stow dir when cwd isn't
+# target
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => "$TEST_DIR/target");

-    sub create_pkg {
-        my ($id, $pkg) = @_;
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg17/bin17");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg17/bin17/file17");

-        my $stow_pkg = "../stow/$id-$pkg";
-        make_path ($stow_pkg);
-        make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-file-$pkg");
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg17');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
+is(
+    readlink("$TEST_DIR/target/bin17"),
+    '../stow/pkg17/bin17',
+    => "minimal stow of a simple tree with absolute stow dir"
+);

-        # create a shallow hierarchy specific to this package which isn't
-        # yet stowed
-        make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new");
-        make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new/$id-file-$pkg");
+#
+# stow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs when
+# cwd isn't target
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/target"));

-        # create a deeper hierarchy specific to this package which isn't
-        # yet stowed
-        make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new2/subdir");
-        make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new2/subdir/$id-file-$pkg");
-        make_link("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new2/current", "subdir");
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg18/bin18");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg18/bin18/file18");

-        # create a hierarchy specific to this package which is already
-        # stowed via a folded tree
-        make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-old");
-        make_link("$id-$pkg-only-old", "$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-old");
-        make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-old/$id-file-$pkg");
+$stow->plan_stow('pkg18');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [], 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
+is(
+    readlink("$TEST_DIR/target/bin18"),
+    '../stow/pkg18/bin18',
+    => "minimal stow of a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs"
+);

-        # create a shared hierarchy which this package uses
-        make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-shared");
-        make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared/$id-file-$pkg");
+#
+# stow a tree with no-folding enabled -
+# no new folded directories should be created, and existing
+# folded directories should be split open (unfolded) where
+# (and only where) necessary
+#
+cd("$TEST_DIR/target");

-        # create a partially shared hierarchy which this package uses
-        make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir-$pkg");
-        make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/$id-file-$pkg");
-        make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir-$pkg/$id-file-$pkg");
-    }
+sub create_pkg {
+    my ($id, $pkg) = @_;

-    foreach my $pkg (qw{a b}) {
-        create_pkg('no-folding', $pkg);
-    }
+    my $stow_pkg = "../stow/$id-$pkg";
+    make_path ($stow_pkg);
+    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-file-$pkg");

-    $stow = new_Stow('no-folding' => 1);
-    $stow->plan_stow('no-folding-a');
-    is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [] => 'no conflicts with --no-folding');
-    my @tasks = $stow->get_tasks;
-    use Data::Dumper;
-    is(scalar(@tasks), 13 => "6 dirs, 7 links") || warn Dumper(\@tasks);
-    $stow->process_tasks();
+    # create a shallow hierarchy specific to this package which isn't
+    # yet stowed
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new");
+    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new/$id-file-$pkg");

-    sub check_no_folding {
-        my ($pkg) = @_;
-        my $stow_pkg = "../stow/no-folding-$pkg";
-        is_link("no-folding-file-$pkg", "$stow_pkg/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+    # create a deeper hierarchy specific to this package which isn't
+    # yet stowed
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new2/subdir");
+    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new2/subdir/$id-file-$pkg");
+    make_link("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-new2/current", "subdir");

-        # check existing folded tree is untouched
-        is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-old", "$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-old");
+    # create a hierarchy specific to this package which is already
+    # stowed via a folded tree
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-old");
+    make_link("$id-$pkg-only-old", "$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-old");
+    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-old/$id-file-$pkg");

-        # check newly stowed shallow tree is not folded
-        is_dir_not_symlink("no-folding-$pkg-only-new");
-        is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-new/no-folding-file-$pkg",
-                "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-new/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+    # create a shared hierarchy which this package uses
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-shared");
+    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared/$id-file-$pkg");

-        # check newly stowed deeper tree is not folded
-        is_dir_not_symlink("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2");
-        is_dir_not_symlink("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/subdir");
-        is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/subdir/no-folding-file-$pkg",
-                "../../$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/subdir/no-folding-file-$pkg");
-        is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/current",
-                "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/current");
+    # create a partially shared hierarchy which this package uses
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir-$pkg");
+    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/$id-file-$pkg");
+    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir-$pkg/$id-file-$pkg");
+}

-        # check shared tree is not folded. first time round this will be
-        # newly stowed.
-        is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared');
-        is_link("no-folding-shared/no-folding-file-$pkg",
-                "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-shared/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+foreach my $pkg (qw{a b}) {
+    create_pkg('no-folding', $pkg);
+}

-        # check partially shared tree is not folded. first time round this
-        # will be newly stowed.
-        is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared2');
-        is_link("no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg",
-                "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg");
-        is_link("no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg",
-                "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg");
-    }
+$stow = new_Stow('no-folding' => 1);
+$stow->plan_stow('no-folding-a');
+is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [] => 'no conflicts with --no-folding');
+my @tasks = $stow->get_tasks;
+use Data::Dumper;
+is(scalar(@tasks), 13 => "6 dirs, 7 links") || warn Dumper(\@tasks);
+$stow->process_tasks();

-    check_no_folding('a');
+sub check_no_folding {
+    my ($pkg) = @_;
+    my $stow_pkg = "../stow/no-folding-$pkg";
+    is_link("no-folding-file-$pkg", "$stow_pkg/no-folding-file-$pkg");

-    $stow = new_Stow('no-folding' => 1);
-    $stow->plan_stow('no-folding-b');
-    is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [] => 'no conflicts with --no-folding');
-    @tasks = $stow->get_tasks;
-    is(scalar(@tasks), 11 => '4 dirs, 7 links') || warn Dumper(\@tasks);
-    $stow->process_tasks();
+    # check existing folded tree is untouched
+    is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-old", "$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-old");

-    check_no_folding('a');
-    check_no_folding('b');
-});
+    # check newly stowed shallow tree is not folded
+    is_dir_not_symlink("no-folding-$pkg-only-new");
+    is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-new/no-folding-file-$pkg",
+            "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-new/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+
+    # check newly stowed deeper tree is not folded
+    is_dir_not_symlink("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2");
+    is_dir_not_symlink("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/subdir");
+    is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/subdir/no-folding-file-$pkg",
+            "../../$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/subdir/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+    is_link("no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/current",
+            "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-$pkg-only-new2/current");
+
+    # check shared tree is not folded. first time round this will be
+    # newly stowed.
+    is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared');
+    is_link("no-folding-shared/no-folding-file-$pkg",
+            "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-shared/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+
+    # check partially shared tree is not folded. first time round this
+    # will be newly stowed.
+    is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared2');
+    is_link("no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg",
+            "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+    is_link("no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg",
+            "../$stow_pkg/no-folding-shared2/no-folding-file-$pkg");
+}
+
+check_no_folding('a');
+
+$stow = new_Stow('no-folding' => 1);
+$stow->plan_stow('no-folding-b');
+is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [] => 'no conflicts with --no-folding');
+@tasks = $stow->get_tasks;
+is(scalar(@tasks), 11 => '4 dirs, 7 links') || warn Dumper(\@tasks);
+$stow->process_tasks();
+
+check_no_folding('a');
+check_no_folding('b');
--- a/t/testutil.pm
+++ b/t/testutil.pm
@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ package testutil;
 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use Carp qw(confess croak);
+use Carp qw(croak);
 use File::Basename;
 use File::Path qw(make_path remove_tree);
 use File::Spec;
+use IO::Scalar;
 use Test::More;

 use Stow;
@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ use base qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw(
    $ABS_TEST_DIR
    $TEST_DIR
+    $stderr
    init_test_dirs
    cd
    new_Stow new_compat_Stow
@ -44,41 +46,45 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
    remove_dir remove_file remove_link
    cat_file
    is_link is_dir_not_symlink is_nonexistent_path
+    capture_stderr uncapture_stderr
 );

 our $TEST_DIR = 'tmp-testing-trees';
 our $ABS_TEST_DIR = File::Spec->rel2abs('tmp-testing-trees');

-sub init_test_dirs {
-    my $test_dir = shift || $TEST_DIR;
-    my $abs_test_dir = File::Spec->rel2abs($test_dir);
+our $stderr;
+my $tied_err;

+sub capture_stderr {
+    undef $stderr;
+    $tied_err = tie *STDERR, 'IO::Scalar', \$stderr;
+}
+
+sub uncapture_stderr {
+    undef $tied_err;
+    untie *STDERR;
+}
+
+sub init_test_dirs {
    # Create a run_from/ subdirectory for tests which want to run
    # from a separate directory outside the Stow directory or
    # target directory.
    for my $dir ("target", "stow", "run_from") {
-        my $path = "$test_dir/$dir";
+        my $path = "$TEST_DIR/$dir";
        -d $path and remove_tree($path);
        make_path($path);
    }

    # Don't let user's ~/.stow-global-ignore affect test results
-    $ENV{HOME} = $abs_test_dir;
-    return $abs_test_dir;
+    $ENV{HOME} = $ABS_TEST_DIR;
 }

 sub new_Stow {
    my %opts = @_;
-    # These default paths assume that execution will be triggered from
-    # within the target directory.
    $opts{dir}    ||= '../stow';
    $opts{target} ||= '.';
    $opts{test_mode} = 1;
-    my $stow = eval { new Stow(%opts) };
-    if ($@) {
-        confess "Error while trying to instantiate new Stow(%opts): $@";
-    }
-    return $stow;
+    return new Stow(%opts);
 }

 sub new_compat_Stow {
@ -90,28 +96,28 @@ sub new_compat_Stow {
 #===== SUBROUTINE ===========================================================
 # Name      : make_link()
 # Purpose   : safely create a link
-# Parameters: $link_src => path to the link
-#           : $link_dest => where the new link should point
-#           : $invalid => true iff $link_dest refers to non-existent file
+# Parameters: $target => path to the link
+#           : $source => where the new link should point
+#           : $invalid => true iff $source refers to non-existent file
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : fatal error if the link can not be safely created
 # Comments  : checks for existing nodes
 #============================================================================
 sub make_link {
-    my ($link_src, $link_dest, $invalid) = @_;
+    my ($target, $source, $invalid) = @_;

-    if (-l $link_src) {
-        my $old_source = readlink join('/', parent($link_src), $link_dest)
-            or croak "$link_src is already a link but could not read link $link_src/$link_dest";
-        if ($old_source ne $link_dest) {
-            croak "$link_src already exists but points elsewhere\n";
+    if (-l $target) {
+        my $old_source = readlink join('/', parent($target), $source) 
+            or die "$target is already a link but could not read link $target/$source";
+        if ($old_source ne $source) {
+            die "$target already exists but points elsewhere\n";
        }
    }
-    croak "$link_src already exists and is not a link\n" if -e $link_src;
-    my $abs_target = File::Spec->rel2abs($link_src);
-    my $link_src_container = dirname($abs_target);
-    my $abs_source = File::Spec->rel2abs($link_dest, $link_src_container);
-    #warn "t $link_src c $link_src_container as $abs_source";
+    die "$target already exists and is not a link\n" if -e $target;
+    my $abs_target = File::Spec->rel2abs($target);
+    my $target_container = dirname($abs_target);
+    my $abs_source = File::Spec->rel2abs($source, $target_container);
+    #warn "t $target c $target_container as $abs_source";
    if (-e $abs_source) {
        croak "Won't make invalid link pointing to existing $abs_target"
            if $invalid;
@ -120,8 +126,8 @@ sub make_link {
        croak "Won't make link pointing to non-existent $abs_target"
            unless $invalid;
    }
-    symlink $link_dest, $link_src
-        or croak "could not create link $link_src => $link_dest ($!)\n";
+    symlink $source, $target
+        or die "could not create link $target => $source ($!)\n";
 }

 #===== SUBROUTINE ===========================================================
@ -151,11 +157,11 @@ sub make_file {
    my ($path, $contents) = @_;

    if (-e $path and ! -f $path) {
-        croak "a non-file already exists at $path\n";
+        die "a non-file already exists at $path\n";
    }

    open my $FILE ,'>', $path
-        or croak "could not create file: $path ($!)\n";
+        or die "could not create file: $path ($!)\n";
    print $FILE $contents if defined $contents;
    close $FILE;
 }
@ -172,9 +178,9 @@ sub make_file {
 sub remove_link {
    my ($path) = @_;
    if (not -l $path) {
-        croak qq(remove_link() called with a non-link: $path);
+        die qq(remove_link() called with a non-link: $path);
    }
-    unlink $path or croak "could not remove link: $path ($!)\n";
+    unlink $path or die "could not remove link: $path ($!)\n";
    return;
 }

@ -189,9 +195,9 @@ sub remove_link {
 sub remove_file {
    my ($path) = @_;
    if (-z $path) {
-        croak "file at $path is non-empty\n";
+        die "file at $path is non-empty\n";
    }
-    unlink $path or croak "could not remove empty file: $path ($!)\n";
+    unlink $path or die "could not remove empty file: $path ($!)\n";
    return;
 }

@ -207,10 +213,10 @@ sub remove_dir {
    my ($dir) = @_;

    if (not -d $dir) {
-        croak "$dir is not a directory";
+        die "$dir is not a directory";
    }

-    opendir my $DIR, $dir or croak "cannot read directory: $dir ($!)\n";
+    opendir my $DIR, $dir or die "cannot read directory: $dir ($!)\n";
    my @listing = readdir $DIR;
    closedir $DIR;

@ -221,16 +227,16 @@ sub remove_dir {

        my $path = "$dir/$node";
        if (-l $path or (-f $path and -z $path) or $node eq $Stow::LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE) {
-            unlink $path or croak "cannot unlink $path ($!)\n";
+            unlink $path or die "cannot unlink $path ($!)\n";
        }
        elsif (-d "$path") {
            remove_dir($path);
        }
        else {
-            croak "$path is not a link, directory, or empty file\n";
+            die "$path is not a link, directory, or empty file\n";
        }
    }
-    rmdir $dir or croak "cannot rmdir $dir ($!)\n";
+    rmdir $dir or die "cannot rmdir $dir ($!)\n";

    return;
 }
@ -245,7 +251,7 @@ sub remove_dir {
 #============================================================================
 sub cd {
    my ($dir) = @_;
-    chdir $dir or croak "Failed to chdir($dir): $!\n";
+    chdir $dir or die "Failed to chdir($dir): $!\n";
 }

 #===== SUBROUTINE ===========================================================
@ -258,7 +264,7 @@ sub cd {
 #============================================================================
 sub cat_file {
    my ($file) = @_;
-    open F, $file or croak "Failed to open($file): $!\n";
+    open F, $file or die "Failed to open($file): $!\n";
    my $contents = join '', <F>;
    close(F);
    return $contents;
@ -303,5 +309,6 @@ sub is_nonexistent_path {

 # Local variables:
 # mode: perl
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
 # end:
 # vim: ft=perl
--- a/t/unstow.t
+++ b/t/unstow.t
@ -22,528 +22,429 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;

-use File::Spec qw(make_path);
-use POSIX qw(getcwd);
-use Test::More tests => 35;
+use Test::More tests => 39;
 use Test::Output;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);

 use testutil;
 use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);

-my $repo = getcwd();
+init_test_dirs();
+cd("$TEST_DIR/target");

-init_test_dirs($TEST_DIR);
+# Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files

-our $COMPAT_TEST_DIR = "${TEST_DIR}-compat";
-our $COMPAT_ABS_TEST_DIR = init_test_dirs($COMPAT_TEST_DIR);
+my $stow;
+my %conflicts;

-sub init_stow2 {
-    make_path('stow2'); # make our alternate stow dir a subdir of target
-    make_file('stow2/.stow');
-}
-
-sub create_unowned_files {
-    # Make things harder for Stow to figure out, by adding
-    # a bunch of alien files unrelated to Stow.
-    my @UNOWNED_DIRS = ('unowned-dir', '.unowned-dir', 'dot-unowned-dir');
-    for my $dir ('.', @UNOWNED_DIRS) {
-        for my $subdir ('.', @UNOWNED_DIRS) {
-            make_path("$dir/$subdir");
-            make_file("$dir/$subdir/unowned");
-            make_file("$dir/$subdir/.unowned");
-            make_file("$dir/$subdir/dot-unowned");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-# Run a subtest twice, with compat off then on, in parallel test trees.
 #
-# Params: $name[, $setup], $test_code
+# unstow a simple tree minimally
+# 
+$stow = new_Stow();
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg1/bin1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');
+make_link('bin1', '../stow/pkg1/bin1');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg1');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f '../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1' && ! -e 'bin1'
+    => 'unstow a simple tree' 
+);
+
 #
-# $setup is an optional ref to an options hash to pass into the new
-# Stow() constructor, or a ref to a sub which performs setup before
-# the constructor gets called and then returns that options hash.
-sub subtests {
-    my $name = shift;
-    my $setup = @_ == 2 ? shift : {};
-    my $code = shift;
+# unstow a simple tree from an existing directory
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-    $ENV{HOME} = $ABS_TEST_DIR;
-    cd($repo);
-    cd("$TEST_DIR/target");
-    create_unowned_files();
-    # cd first to allow setup to cd somewhere else.
-    my $opts = ref($setup) eq 'HASH' ? $setup : $setup->($TEST_DIR);
-    subtest($name, sub {
-        make_path($opts->{dir}) if $opts->{dir};
-        my $stow = new_Stow(%$opts);
-        $code->($stow, $TEST_DIR);
-    });
+make_path('lib2');
+make_path('../stow/pkg2/lib2');
+make_file('../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
+make_link('lib2/file2', '../../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg2');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f '../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2' && -d 'lib2'
+    => 'unstow simple tree from a pre-existing directory' 
+);

-    $ENV{HOME} = $COMPAT_ABS_TEST_DIR;
-    cd($repo);
-    cd("$COMPAT_TEST_DIR/target");
-    create_unowned_files();
-    # cd first to allow setup to cd somewhere else.
-    $opts = ref $setup eq 'HASH' ? $setup : $setup->($COMPAT_TEST_DIR);
-    subtest("$name (compat mode)", sub {
-        make_path($opts->{dir}) if $opts->{dir};
-        my $stow = new_compat_Stow(%$opts);
-        $code->($stow, $COMPAT_TEST_DIR);
-    });
-}
+#
+# fold tree after unstowing
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-sub plan_tests {
-    my ($stow, $count) = @_;
-    plan tests => $stow->{compat} ? $count + 2 : $count;
-}
+make_path('bin3');

-subtests("unstow a simple tree minimally", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 3;
+make_path('../stow/pkg3a/bin3');
+make_file('../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a');
+make_link('bin3/file3a' => '../../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a'); # emulate stow

-    make_path('../stow/pkg1/bin1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');
-    make_link('bin1', '../stow/pkg1/bin1');
+make_path('../stow/pkg3b/bin3');
+make_file('../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b');
+make_link('bin3/file3b' => '../../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b'); # emulate stow
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg3b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'bin3' &&
+    readlink('bin3') eq '../stow/pkg3a/bin3' 
+    => 'fold tree after unstowing'
+);

-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg1');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-f '../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');
-    ok(! -e 'bin1' => 'unstow a simple tree');
-});
+#
+# existing link is owned by stow but is invalid so it gets removed anyway
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-subtests("unstow a simple tree from an existing directory", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 3;
+make_path('bin4');
+make_path('../stow/pkg4/bin4');
+make_file('../stow/pkg4/bin4/file4');
+make_invalid_link('bin4/file4', '../../stow/pkg4/bin4/does-not-exist');

-    make_path('lib2');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg2/lib2');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
-    make_link('lib2/file2', '../../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg2');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-f '../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
-    ok(-d 'lib2'
-        => 'unstow simple tree from a pre-existing directory'
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg4');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    ! -e 'bin4/file4'
+    => q(remove invalid link owned by stow)
+);

-subtests("fold tree after unstowing", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 3;
+#
+# Existing link is not owned by stow
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-    make_path('bin3');
+make_path('../stow/pkg5/bin5');
+make_invalid_link('bin5', '../not-stow');

-    make_path('../stow/pkg3a/bin3');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a');
-    make_link('bin3/file3a' => '../../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a'); # emulate stow
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg5');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts;
+like(
+    $conflicts{unstow}{pkg5}[-1],
+    qr(existing target is not owned by stow)
+    => q(existing link not owned by stow)
+);

-    make_path('../stow/pkg3b/bin3');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b');
-    make_link('bin3/file3b' => '../../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b'); # emulate stow
-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg3b');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-l 'bin3');
-    is(readlink('bin3'), '../stow/pkg3a/bin3'
-        => 'fold tree after unstowing'
-    );
-});
+#
+# Target already exists, is owned by stow, but points to a different package
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();

-subtests("existing link is owned by stow but is invalid so it gets removed anyway", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 2;
+make_path('bin6');
+make_path('../stow/pkg6a/bin6');
+make_file('../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6');
+make_link('bin6/file6', '../../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6');

-    make_path('bin4');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg4/bin4');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg4/bin4/file4');
-    make_invalid_link('bin4/file4', '../../stow/pkg4/bin4/does-not-exist');
+make_path('../stow/pkg6b/bin6');
+make_file('../stow/pkg6b/bin6/file6');

-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg4');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(! -e 'bin4/file4'
-        => q(remove invalid link owned by stow)
-    );
-});
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg6b');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'bin6/file6' &&
+    readlink('bin6/file6') eq '../../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6'
+    => q(ignore existing link that points to a different package)
+);

-subtests("Existing invalid link is not owned by stow", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 3;
+#
+# Don't unlink anything under the stow directory
+#
+make_path('stow'); # make out stow dir a subdir of target
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => 'stow');

-    make_path('../stow/pkg5/bin5');
-    make_invalid_link('bin5', '../not-stow');
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
+make_path('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
+make_file('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b/file7b');
+make_link('stow/pkg7b', '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');

-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg5');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-l 'bin5', 'invalid link not removed');
-    is(readlink('bin5'), '../not-stow' => "invalid link not changed");
-});
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg7b');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg7b');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'stow/pkg7b' &&
+    readlink('stow/pkg7b') eq '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b'
+    => q(don't unlink any nodes under the stow directory)
+);

-subtests("Target already exists, is owned by stow, but points to a different package", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 3;

-    make_path('bin6');
-    make_path('../stow/pkg6a/bin6');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6');
-    make_link('bin6/file6', '../../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6');
+#
+# Don't unlink any nodes under another stow directory
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => 'stow');

-    make_path('../stow/pkg6b/bin6');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg6b/bin6/file6');
+make_path('stow2'); # make our alternate stow dir a subdir of target
+make_file('stow2/.stow');

-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg6b');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-l 'bin6/file6');
-    is(
-        readlink('bin6/file6'),
-        '../../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6'
-        => q(ignore existing link that points to a different package)
-    );
-});
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
+make_path('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
+make_file('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b/file8b');
+make_link('stow2/pkg8b', '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');

-subtests("Don't unlink anything under the stow directory",
-         sub {
-             make_path('stow');
-             return { dir => 'stow' };
-             # target dir defaults to parent of stow, which is target directory
-         },
-         sub {
-    plan tests => 5;
-    my ($stow) = @_;
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg8a');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg8a');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'stow2/pkg8b' &&
+    readlink('stow2/pkg8b') eq '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b'
+    => q(don't unlink any nodes under another stow directory)
+);
+like($stderr,
+     qr/WARNING: skipping protected directory stow2/
+     => "unstowing from ourself should skip stow");
+uncapture_stderr();

-    # Emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident):
-    make_path('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
-    make_file('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b/file7b');
-    # Make a package be a link to a package of the same name inside another package.
-    make_link('stow/pkg7b', '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
+#
+# overriding already stowed documentation
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(override => ['man9', 'info9']);
+make_file('stow/.stow');

-    stderr_like(
-        sub { $stow->plan_unstow('pkg7b'); },
-        $stow->{compat} ? qr/WARNING: skipping target which was current stow directory stow/ : qr//
-        => "warn when unstowing from ourself"
-    );
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg7b');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-l 'stow/pkg7b');
-    is(
-        readlink('stow/pkg7b'),
-        '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b'
-        => q(don't unlink any nodes under the stow directory)
-    );
-});
+make_path('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1');
+make_path('man9/man1');
+make_link('man9/man1/file9.1' => '../../../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1'); # emulate stow

-subtests("Don't unlink any nodes under another stow directory",
-         sub {
-             make_path('stow');
-             return { dir => 'stow' };
-         },
-         sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 5;
+make_path('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1/file9.1');
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg9b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    !-l 'man9/man1/file9.1'
+    => 'overriding existing documentation files'
+);

-    init_stow2();
-    # emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
-    make_path('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
-    make_file('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b/file8b');
-    make_link('stow2/pkg8b', '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
+#
+# deferring to already stowed documentation
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(defer => ['man10', 'info10']);

-    stderr_like(
-        sub { $stow->plan_unstow('pkg8a'); },
-        qr/WARNING: skipping marked Stow directory stow2/
-        => "warn when skipping unstowing"
-    );
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg8a');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-l 'stow2/pkg8b');
-    is(
-        readlink('stow2/pkg8b'),
-        '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b'
-        => q(don't unlink any nodes under another stow directory)
-    );
-});
+make_path('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1');
+make_path('man10/man1');
+make_link('man10/man1/file10a.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1');

-# This will be used by subsequent tests
-sub check_protected_dirs_skipped {
-    my ($stderr) = @_;
-    for my $dir (qw{stow stow2}) {
-        like($stderr,
-             qr/WARNING: skipping marked Stow directory $dir/
-             => "warn when skipping marked directory $dir");
-    }
-}
+# need this to block folding
+make_path('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10b.1');
+make_link('man10/man1/file10b.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10b.1');

-subtests("overriding already stowed documentation",
-         {override => ['man9', 'info9']},
-         sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan_tests($stow, 2);

-    make_file('stow/.stow');
-    init_stow2();
-    make_path('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1');
-    make_path('man9/man1');
-    make_link('man9/man1/file9.1' => '../../../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1'); # emulate stow
+make_path('../stow/pkg10c/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10c/man10/man1/file10a.1');
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg10c');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg10c');
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    readlink('man10/man1/file10a.1') eq '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1' 
+    => 'defer to existing documentation files'
+);

-    make_path('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1/file9.1');
-    my $stderr = stderr_from { $stow->plan_unstow('pkg9b') };
-    check_protected_dirs_skipped($stderr) if $stow->{compat};
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(!-l 'man9/man1/file9.1'
-        => 'overriding existing documentation files'
-    );
-});
+#
+# Ignore temp files
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(ignore => ['~', '\.#.*']);

-subtests("deferring to already stowed documentation",
-         {defer => ['man10', 'info10']},
-         sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan_tests($stow, 3);
+make_path('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1~');
+make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/.#file12.1');
+make_path('man12/man1');
+make_link('man12/man1/file12.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1');

-    init_stow2();
-    make_path('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1');
-    make_path('man10/man1');
-    make_link('man10/man1/file10a.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1');
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    !-e 'man12/man1/file12.1'
+    => 'ignore temp files'
+);

-    # need this to block folding
-    make_path('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10b.1');
-    make_link('man10/man1/file10b.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10b.1');
+#
+# Unstow an already unstowed package
+#
+$stow = new_Stow();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0
+    => 'unstow already unstowed package pkg12'
+);

-    make_path('../stow/pkg10c/man10/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg10c/man10/man1/file10a.1');
-    my $stderr = stderr_from { $stow->plan_unstow('pkg10c') };
-    check_protected_dirs_skipped($stderr) if $stow->{compat};
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg10c');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    is(
-        readlink('man10/man1/file10a.1'),
-        '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1'
-        => 'defer to existing documentation files'
-    );
-});
+#
+# Unstow a never stowed package
+#

-subtests("Ignore temp files",
-         {ignore => ['~', '\.#.*']},
-         sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan_tests($stow, 2);
+eval { remove_dir("$TEST_DIR/target"); };
+mkdir("$TEST_DIR/target");

-    init_stow2();
-    make_path('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1~');
-    make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/.#file12.1');
-    make_path('man12/man1');
-    make_link('man12/man1/file12.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1');
+$stow = new_Stow();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12 which was never stowed');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0
+    => 'unstow never stowed package pkg12'
+);

-    my $stderr = stderr_from { $stow->plan_unstow('pkg12') };
-    check_protected_dirs_skipped($stderr) if $stow->{compat};
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(! -e 'man12/man1/file12.1' => 'man12/man1/file12.1 was unstowed');
-});
+#
+# Unstowing when target contains a real file shouldn't be an issue.
+#
+make_file('man12/man1/file12.1');

-subtests("Unstow an already unstowed package", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan_tests($stow, 2);
+$stow = new_Stow();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12 for third time');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts;
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 1 &&
+    $conflicts{unstow}{pkg12}[0]
+        =~ m!existing target is neither a link nor a directory: man12/man1/file12\.1!
+    => 'unstow pkg12 for third time'
+);

-    my $stderr = stderr_from { $stow->plan_unstow('pkg12') };
-    check_protected_dirs_skipped($stderr) if $stow->{compat};
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-});
+#
+# unstow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target
+# 
+cd('../..');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => "$TEST_DIR/stow", target => "$TEST_DIR/target");

-subtests("Unstow a never stowed package", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 2;
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13");
+make_link("$TEST_DIR/target/bin13", '../stow/pkg13/bin13');

-    eval { remove_dir($stow->{target}); };
-    mkdir($stow->{target});
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg13');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f "$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13" && ! -e "$TEST_DIR/target/bin13"
+    => 'unstow a simple tree' 
+);

-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12 which was never stowed');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-});
+#
+# unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow dir when cwd isn't
+# target
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => "$TEST_DIR/target");

-subtests("Unstowing when target contains real files shouldn't be an issue", sub {
-    my ($stow) = @_;
-    plan tests => 4;
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14");
+make_link("$TEST_DIR/target/bin14", '../stow/pkg14/bin14');

-    # Test both a file which do / don't overlap with the package
-    make_path('man12/man1');
-    make_file('man12/man1/alien');
-    make_file('man12/man1/file12.1');
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg14');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f "$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14" && ! -e "$TEST_DIR/target/bin14"
+    => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow dir'
+);

-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
-    is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12 for third time');
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-f 'man12/man1/alien', 'alien untouched');
-    ok(-f 'man12/man1/file12.1', 'file overlapping with pkg untouched');
-});
+#
+# unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs
+# when cwd isn't target
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/target"));

-subtests("unstow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target",
-         sub {
-             my $test_dir = shift;
-             cd($repo);
-             return {
-                 dir => "$test_dir/stow",
-                 target => "$test_dir/target"
-             }
-         },
-         sub {
-    my ($stow, $test_dir) = @_;
-    plan tests => 3;
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15");
+make_link("$TEST_DIR/target/bin15", '../stow/pkg15/bin15');

-    make_path("$test_dir/stow/pkg13/bin13");
-    make_file("$test_dir/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13");
-    make_link("$test_dir/target/bin13", '../stow/pkg13/bin13');
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg15');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f "$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15" && ! -e "$TEST_DIR/target/bin15"
+    => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs'
+);

-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg13');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-f "$test_dir/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13", 'package file untouched');
-    ok(! -e "$test_dir/target/bin13" => 'bin13/ unstowed');
-});
-
-subtests("unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow dir when cwd isn't target",
-         sub {
-             my $test_dir = shift;
-             cd($repo);
-             return {
-                 dir => canon_path("$test_dir/stow"),
-                 target => "$test_dir/target"
-             };
-         },
-         sub {
-    plan tests => 3;
-    my ($stow, $test_dir) = @_;
-
-    make_path("$test_dir/stow/pkg14/bin14");
-    make_file("$test_dir/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14");
-    make_link("$test_dir/target/bin14", '../stow/pkg14/bin14');
-
-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg14');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-f "$test_dir/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14");
-    ok(! -e "$test_dir/target/bin14"
-        => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow dir'
-    );
-});
-
-subtests("unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs when cwd isn't target",
-         sub {
-             my $test_dir = shift;
-             cd($repo);
-             return {
-                 dir => canon_path("$test_dir/stow"),
-                 target => canon_path("$test_dir/target")
-             };
-         },
-         sub {
-    my ($stow, $test_dir) = @_;
-    plan tests => 3;
-
-    make_path("$test_dir/stow/pkg15/bin15");
-    make_file("$test_dir/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15");
-    make_link("$test_dir/target/bin15", '../stow/pkg15/bin15');
-
-    $stow->plan_unstow('pkg15');
-    $stow->process_tasks();
-    is($stow->get_conflict_count, 0, 'conflict count');
-    ok(-f "$test_dir/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15");
-    ok(! -e "$test_dir/target/bin15"
-        => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs'
-    );
-});
+#
+# unstow a tree with no-folding enabled -
+# no refolding should take place
+#
+cd("$TEST_DIR/target");

 sub create_and_stow_pkg {
    my ($id, $pkg) = @_;

    my $stow_pkg = "../stow/$id-$pkg";
-    make_path($stow_pkg);
+    make_path ($stow_pkg);
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-file-$pkg");

    # create a shallow hierarchy specific to this package and stow
    # via folding
-    make_path("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded");
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded");
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded/file-$pkg");
    make_link("$id-$pkg-only-folded", "$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded");

    # create a deeper hierarchy specific to this package and stow
    # via folding
-    make_path("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded2/subdir");
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded2/subdir");
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded2/subdir/file-$pkg");
    make_link("$id-$pkg-only-folded2",
              "$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-folded2");

    # create a shallow hierarchy specific to this package and stow
    # without folding
-    make_path("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded");
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded");
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded/file-$pkg");
-    make_path("$id-$pkg-only-unfolded");
+    make_path ("$id-$pkg-only-unfolded");
    make_link("$id-$pkg-only-unfolded/file-$pkg",
              "../$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded/file-$pkg");

    # create a deeper hierarchy specific to this package and stow
    # without folding
-    make_path("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded2/subdir");
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded2/subdir");
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded2/subdir/file-$pkg");
-    make_path("$id-$pkg-only-unfolded2/subdir");
+    make_path ("$id-$pkg-only-unfolded2/subdir");
    make_link("$id-$pkg-only-unfolded2/subdir/file-$pkg",
              "../../$stow_pkg/$id-$pkg-only-unfolded2/subdir/file-$pkg");

    # create a shallow shared hierarchy which this package uses, and stow
    # its contents without folding
-    make_path("$stow_pkg/$id-shared");
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-shared");
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared/file-$pkg");
-    make_path("$id-shared");
+    make_path ("$id-shared");
    make_link("$id-shared/file-$pkg",
              "../$stow_pkg/$id-shared/file-$pkg");

    # create a deeper shared hierarchy which this package uses, and stow
    # its contents without folding
-    make_path("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir");
+    make_path ("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir");
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/file-$pkg");
    make_file("$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir/file-$pkg");
-    make_path("$id-shared2/subdir");
+    make_path ("$id-shared2/subdir");
    make_link("$id-shared2/file-$pkg",
              "../$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/file-$pkg");
    make_link("$id-shared2/subdir/file-$pkg",
              "../../$stow_pkg/$id-shared2/subdir/file-$pkg");
 }

-subtest("unstow a tree with no-folding enabled - no refolding should take place", sub {
-    cd("$TEST_DIR/target");
-    plan tests => 15;
+foreach my $pkg (qw{a b}) {
+    create_and_stow_pkg('no-folding', $pkg);
+}

-    foreach my $pkg (qw{a b}) {
-        create_and_stow_pkg('no-folding', $pkg);
-    }
+$stow = new_Stow('no-folding' => 1);
+$stow->plan_unstow('no-folding-b');
+is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [] => 'no conflicts with --no-folding');
+use Data::Dumper;
+#warn Dumper($stow->get_tasks);

-    my $stow = new_Stow('no-folding' => 1);
-    $stow->plan_unstow('no-folding-b');
-    is_deeply([ $stow->get_conflicts ], [] => 'no conflicts with --no-folding');
+$stow->process_tasks();

-    $stow->process_tasks();
+is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-folded');
+is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-folded2');
+is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-unfolded/file-b');
+is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-unfolded2/subdir/file-b');
+is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared');
+is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared2');
+is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared2/subdir');

-    is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-folded');
-    is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-folded2');
-    is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-unfolded/file-b');
-    is_nonexistent_path('no-folding-b-only-unfolded2/subdir/file-b');
-    is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared');
-    is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared2');
-    is_dir_not_symlink('no-folding-shared2/subdir');
-});

-# subtests("Test cleaning up subdirs with --paranoid option", sub {
-# TODO
-# });
+# Todo
+#
+# Test cleaning up subdirs with --paranoid option
--- a/t/unstow_orig.t
+++ b/t/unstow_orig.t
@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Stow.
+#
+# GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
+#
+# Test unstowing packages in compat mode
+#
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use File::Spec qw(make_path);
+use Test::More tests => 37;
+use Test::Output;
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+
+use testutil;
+use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);
+
+init_test_dirs();
+cd("$TEST_DIR/target");
+
+# Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files
+
+my $stow;
+my %conflicts;
+
+#
+# unstow a simple tree minimally
+# 
+
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg1/bin1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1');
+make_link('bin1', '../stow/pkg1/bin1');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg1');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f '../stow/pkg1/bin1/file1' && ! -e 'bin1'
+    => 'unstow a simple tree' 
+);
+
+#
+# unstow a simple tree from an existing directory
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+
+make_path('lib2');
+make_path('../stow/pkg2/lib2');
+make_file('../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
+make_link('lib2/file2', '../../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2');
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg2');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f '../stow/pkg2/lib2/file2' && -d 'lib2'
+    => 'unstow simple tree from a pre-existing directory' 
+);
+
+#
+# fold tree after unstowing
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+
+make_path('bin3');
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg3a/bin3');
+make_file('../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a');
+make_link('bin3/file3a' => '../../stow/pkg3a/bin3/file3a'); # emulate stow
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg3b/bin3');
+make_file('../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b');
+make_link('bin3/file3b' => '../../stow/pkg3b/bin3/file3b'); # emulate stow
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg3b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'bin3' &&
+    readlink('bin3') eq '../stow/pkg3a/bin3' 
+    => 'fold tree after unstowing'
+);
+
+#
+# existing link is owned by stow but is invalid so it gets removed anyway
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+
+make_path('bin4');
+make_path('../stow/pkg4/bin4');
+make_file('../stow/pkg4/bin4/file4');
+make_invalid_link('bin4/file4', '../../stow/pkg4/bin4/does-not-exist');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg4');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    ! -e 'bin4/file4'
+    => q(remove invalid link owned by stow)
+);
+
+#
+# Existing link is not owned by stow
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg5/bin5');
+make_invalid_link('bin5', '../not-stow');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg5');
+# Unlike the corresponding stow_contents.t test, this doesn't
+# cause any conflicts.
+#
+#like(
+#    $Conflicts[-1], qr(can't unlink.*not owned by stow)
+#    => q(existing link not owned by stow)
+#);
+ok(
+    -l 'bin5' && readlink('bin5') eq '../not-stow'
+    => q(existing link not owned by stow)
+);
+
+#
+# Target already exists, is owned by stow, but points to a different package
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+
+make_path('bin6');
+make_path('../stow/pkg6a/bin6');
+make_file('../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6');
+make_link('bin6/file6', '../../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6');
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg6b/bin6');
+make_file('../stow/pkg6b/bin6/file6');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg6b');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'bin6/file6' &&
+    readlink('bin6/file6') eq '../../stow/pkg6a/bin6/file6'
+    => q(ignore existing link that points to a different package)
+);
+
+#
+# Don't unlink anything under the stow directory
+#
+make_path('stow'); # make out stow dir a subdir of target
+$stow = new_compat_Stow(dir => 'stow');
+
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
+make_path('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
+make_file('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b/file7b');
+make_link('stow/pkg7b', '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
+
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg7b');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg7b');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'stow/pkg7b' &&
+    readlink('stow/pkg7b') eq '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b'
+    => q(don't unlink any nodes under the stow directory)
+);
+like($stderr,
+     qr/WARNING: skipping target which was current stow directory stow/
+     => "warn when unstowing from ourself");
+uncapture_stderr();
+
+#
+# Don't unlink any nodes under another stow directory
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow(dir => 'stow');
+
+make_path('stow2'); # make our alternate stow dir a subdir of target
+make_file('stow2/.stow');
+
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
+make_path('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
+make_file('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b/file8b');
+make_link('stow2/pkg8b', '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
+
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg8a');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg8a');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -l 'stow2/pkg8b' &&
+    readlink('stow2/pkg8b') eq '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b'
+    => q(don't unlink any nodes under another stow directory)
+);
+like($stderr,
+     qr/WARNING: skipping target which was current stow directory stow/
+     => "warn when skipping unstowing");
+uncapture_stderr();
+
+#
+# overriding already stowed documentation
+#
+
+# This will be used by this and subsequent tests
+sub check_protected_dirs_skipped {
+    for my $dir (qw{stow stow2}) {
+        like($stderr,
+            qr/WARNING: skipping protected directory $dir/
+            => "warn when skipping protected directory $dir");
+    }
+    uncapture_stderr();
+}
+
+$stow = new_compat_Stow(override => ['man9', 'info9']);
+make_file('stow/.stow');
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1');
+make_path('man9/man1');
+make_link('man9/man1/file9.1' => '../../../stow/pkg9a/man9/man1/file9.1'); # emulate stow
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg9b/man9/man1/file9.1');
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg9b');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    !-l 'man9/man1/file9.1'
+    => 'overriding existing documentation files'
+);
+check_protected_dirs_skipped();
+
+#
+# deferring to already stowed documentation
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow(defer => ['man10', 'info10']);
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1');
+make_path('man10/man1');
+make_link('man10/man1/file10a.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1');
+
+# need this to block folding
+make_path('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10b.1');
+make_link('man10/man1/file10b.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg10b/man10/man1/file10b.1');
+
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg10c/man10/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg10c/man10/man1/file10a.1');
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg10c');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg10c');
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    readlink('man10/man1/file10a.1') eq '../../../stow/pkg10a/man10/man1/file10a.1' 
+    => 'defer to existing documentation files'
+);
+check_protected_dirs_skipped();
+
+#
+# Ignore temp files
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow(ignore => ['~', '\.#.*']);
+
+make_path('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1');
+make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1~');
+make_file('../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/.#file12.1');
+make_path('man12/man1');
+make_link('man12/man1/file12.1'  => '../../../stow/pkg12/man12/man1/file12.1');
+
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok( 
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    !-e 'man12/man1/file12.1'
+    => 'ignore temp files'
+);
+check_protected_dirs_skipped();
+
+#
+# Unstow an already unstowed package
+#
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0
+    => 'unstow already unstowed package pkg12'
+);
+check_protected_dirs_skipped();
+
+#
+# Unstow a never stowed package
+#
+
+eval { remove_dir("$TEST_DIR/target"); };
+mkdir("$TEST_DIR/target");
+
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12 which was never stowed');
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0
+    => 'unstow never stowed package pkg12'
+);
+check_protected_dirs_skipped();
+
+#
+# Unstowing when target contains a real file shouldn't be an issue.
+#
+make_file('man12/man1/file12.1');
+
+$stow = new_compat_Stow();
+capture_stderr();
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
+is($stow->get_tasks, 0, 'no tasks to process when unstowing pkg12 for third time');
+%conflicts = $stow->get_conflicts;
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 1 &&
+    $conflicts{unstow}{pkg12}[0]
+        =~ m!existing target is neither a link nor a directory: man12/man1/file12\.1!
+    => 'unstow pkg12 for third time'
+);
+check_protected_dirs_skipped();
+
+#
+# unstow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target
+#
+cd('../..');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => "$TEST_DIR/stow", target => "$TEST_DIR/target");
+
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13");
+make_link("$TEST_DIR/target/bin13", '../stow/pkg13/bin13');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg13');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f "$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13" && ! -e "$TEST_DIR/target/bin13"
+    => 'unstow a simple tree' 
+);
+
+#
+# unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow dir when cwd isn't
+# target
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => "$TEST_DIR/target");
+
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14");
+make_link("$TEST_DIR/target/bin14", '../stow/pkg14/bin14');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg14');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f "$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14" && ! -e "$TEST_DIR/target/bin14"
+    => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow dir'
+);
+
+#
+# unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs
+# when cwd isn't target
+#
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => canon_path("$TEST_DIR/target"));
+
+make_path("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15");
+make_file("$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15");
+make_link("$TEST_DIR/target/bin15", '../stow/pkg15/bin15');
+
+$stow->plan_unstow('pkg15');
+$stow->process_tasks();
+ok(
+    $stow->get_conflict_count == 0 &&
+    -f "$TEST_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15" && ! -e "$TEST_DIR/target/bin15"
+    => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs'
+);
+
+
+# Todo
+#
+# Test cleaning up subdirs with --paranoid option
+
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