Lash is a commandline application that is intended to replace GNU Stow. It is not intended to be a drop-in replacement but it does aim to replace most of the implemented functionality of GNU Stow. To see the key differences refer to GNU Stow Differences

• package: A directory containing a file structure that you wish to install or manage elsewhere on the filesystem - potentially mixed in with other files e.g. in your config directory or /usr/bin

• target directory: The base directory to install the files from the package in. The structure inside the package will be mirrored in the target directory and symbolic links will be made to connect the files.

Lash can be configured in several different ways. Global defaults can be configured with a configuration file in the user's configuration directory. This respects the XDG User Dirs specification. For workarea specifc configuration options a config file can be created in each workarea.

Configuration files should be called lash.toml and are (predictably) in the TOML format. Options are specified in the global namespace. No package specific options can be configured. To see the supported options in the configuration file see Config

Most options can also be specified on the commandline.

• Configured by TOML files called lash.toml
• Commandline arguments do not match (lash link vs stow -S)
• Does not fold any of the directory structure (lash always creates the folders and links invididual files rather than attempting to minimize the number of links created).
• The --dotfiles option has been fixed. None of the bugs that plague GNU Stow are a problem in this implementation. I am aware some fixes had been made and are available in patches but even then some bugs remained (try using --dotfiles and --adopt with GNU Stow and the patches!).