aspiers/stow

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GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches

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Forks: 56
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 39

Dominant language: Perl
License: GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Dec 3, 2025
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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39 open issues indexed

find_stow_path returns name of stow directory not name of package Open

enhancement

aspiers/stow#2 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Create symlinks with absolute path names Open

absolute paths enhancement need info

aspiers/stow#3 · 15 comments · 9 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
New command line option `--orig` to rename conflicting files Open

enhancement help wanted

aspiers/stow#4 · 11 comments · 12 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Should we add support stow directory is symbolic link. Open

enhancement help wanted need info

aspiers/stow#11 · 28 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Adopt whole folders Open

adopt enhancement help wanted

aspiers/stow#19 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Req: option for only overriding all normal files Open

need info question

aspiers/stow#23 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
adopt single file? Open

adopt enhancement help wanted

aspiers/stow#24 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Forcing a directory to be split open Open

documentation enhancement faq help wanted

aspiers/stow#29 · 12 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Move development to a more ethical hosting service Open

infrastructure

aspiers/stow#43 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Move manual to GNU FDL (Free Documentation License) Open

aspiers/stow#47 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Move TODO to issue tracker Open

infrastructure

aspiers/stow#48 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Support package trees containing absolute symlinks Open

absolute paths enhancement help wanted

aspiers/stow#51 · 9 comments · 18 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
chkstow -l only works for directory called 'stow' Open

bug help wanted

aspiers/stow#61 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Allow stow to work both with paths outside of homedir and in the homedir Open

aspiers/stow#64 · 1 comment · 9 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Restow does not actually write between removing and creating Open

bug documentation

aspiers/stow#69 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
chkstow incorrectly assumes /usr/local exists Open

aspiers/stow#72 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Dotfiles doesn't work with adopt Open

adopt dotfiles

aspiers/stow#77 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`stow --simulate` should warn when `-v` is not specified Open

easy enhancement

aspiers/stow#82 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Can GNU Stow use a stow target directory that is a symbolic link? Open

need info question

aspiers/stow#83 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Investigate ditching Stow's pre-processing phase of installation Open

infrastructure UX

aspiers/stow#84 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
.stow-local-ignore: stow does not ignore file when parent directory does not exist Open

aspiers/stow#91 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Why was the no-folding-per-pkg branch abandoned? Open

aspiers/stow#92 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Failed to install because ls Open

bug need info

aspiers/stow#93 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
How to know that `stow` skip pointing symlink to destination since it already exists? Open

aspiers/stow#100 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
make it possible to stow to a "flattened" file hierarchy (containing symlinks) Open

aspiers/stow#101 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Stow needs a co-maintainer Open

aspiers/stow#104 · 8 comments · 32 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Incorrect symlinks when stowing multiple packages Open

aspiers/stow#118 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Need Help: Can´t make the stow ignore list work Open

need info question

aspiers/stow#119 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
The '--dotfiles' option does not work as expected in conjunction with tree folding Open

bug dotfiles need info

aspiers/stow#120 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Stow should look in $STOW_DIR for .stowrc Open

easy enhancement help wanted

aspiers/stow#121 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Allow auto-creating missing parent directories when using `--target` Open

easy enhancement help wanted UX

aspiers/stow#124 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Clarify error message when `--target` directory doesn't exist Open

easy help wanted UX

aspiers/stow#126 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
flag --dotfiles work for directories but not for directories and files Open

aspiers/stow#129 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Refusal to handle entries that are absolute symlinks is a regression in some workflows Open

aspiers/stow#130 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Ignore Only Works Correctly in every scenario with --no-folding Open

bug help wanted

aspiers/stow#131 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`--dotfiles` does not work for non existing paths Open

bug dotfiles need info

aspiers/stow#134 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
create an official Python port Open

help wanted

aspiers/stow#135 · 31 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Feature request: create a new package from existing files in the target directory Open

aspiers/stow#137 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Unfolding a tree removes the folded symlink before the real directory exists, so an interrupted stow leaves the already stowed package unreachable Open

aspiers/stow#139 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

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