From 67d32ce7c6f57d74e8f9d526d178a346f3976820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: josuezamudio <josuezamudio1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 21:27:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add simple install script and update readme

---
 README.md  |  2 +-
 install.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 install.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a2226e..2c4fe1a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Josue's dotfiles
 Uses GNU Stow to manage simlink. Place files as they where in $HOME
 
 # Usage
-Place dotfiles in $HOME
 
 ```console
 clone into $HOME
 cd dotfiles
 stow .
 ```
+If stow is not installed use ./install.sh from .dotfiles repo
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d586d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#/bin/bash
+
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config
+HERE=$(pwd)/.config
+
+# creates sim links for all files into .config 
+for file in ./.config/*; do
+	file=$(basename $file) # get file name
+	ln -s $HERE/$file $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$file
+done
+
+