.stow-global-ignore

@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ __pycache__
 ^/README.*
 ^/LICENSE.*
 ^/COPYING
-
+\.stow-global-ignore
+\run-stow.sh
+\setup-neovim.sh

run-stow.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-NEOVIM_CONFIG="~/.config/nvim"
+NEOVIM_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/nvim"
 
-if [ -d "$NEOVIM_CONFIG" ]; then
+function stowit() {
-    stow -v -R -t "$NEOVIM_CONFIG" .
+    if test -d "$NEOVIM_CONFIG"; then
-else 
+        stow -v -R -t "$NEOVIM_CONFIG" . || exit 1
-    echo "Neovim config directory does not exist: $NEOVIM_CONFIG"
+    else 
-fi
+        echo "Neovim config directory does not exist: $NEOVIM_CONFIG"
+        echo "Creating config directory..."
+        if ! mkdir -p "$NEOVIM_CONFIG"; then
+            echo "failed to create config folder"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "Created config folder"
+        stowit
+    fi
+}
 
+stowit