From 90b5dbb5ae52f47ce49d6a0a2ae6a101ab4a6180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danielle McLean Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:21:27 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Add a README.md explaining what this repo is for --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f36ca6e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# dot/stow + +This is a prebuilt distribution of GNU Stow, based on [my slightly modified fork](https://git.00dani.me/00dani/stow), which has been built to use relative paths for locating Perl modules at runtime. It's perfect for cloning into your ~/dotfiles and using with no further steps, since it doesn't care what your home directory is called and will work no matter where you put it. + +To build this version of Stow for yourself (or, more likely, if you're me and need to update the build when Stow changes upstream): + +```bash +git clone https://git.00dani.me/00dani/stow +cd stow +autoreconf -iv +./configure --enable-relative --prefix=$PWD/out --with-pmdir=$PWD/out/lib/perl +make +make install +```