Issues

• Unfolding a tree removes the folded symlink before the real directory exists, so an interrupted stow leaves the already stowed package unreachable

  aspiers/stow#139 · Filter by author yottayoshida opened on Aug 15, 2026

• Feature request: create a new package from existing files in the target directory

  aspiers/stow#137 · Filter by author Jajasek opened on Apr 26, 2026

• create an official Python port

  help wanted
  aspiers/stow#135 · Filter by author aspiers opened on Jan 5, 2026
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• --dotfiles does not work for non existing paths

  bugdotfilesneed info
  aspiers/stow#134 · Filter by author lfk-dev opened on Nov 25, 2025
  3

• Ignore Only Works Correctly in every scenario with --no-folding

  bughelp wanted
  aspiers/stow#131 · Filter by author Educpf opened on Aug 30, 2025
  1

• Refusal to handle entries that are absolute symlinks is a regression in some workflows

  aspiers/stow#130 · Filter by author callegar opened on Jul 2, 2025
  2

• flag --dotfiles work for directories but not for directories and files

  aspiers/stow#129 · Filter by author crazytelli opened on May 12, 2025

• Clarify error message when --target directory doesn't exist

  easyhelp wantedUX
  aspiers/stow#126 · Filter by author thislooksfun opened on Jan 22, 2025
  4

• Allow auto-creating missing parent directories when using --target

  easyenhancementhelp wantedUX
  aspiers/stow#124 · Filter by author thislooksfun opened on Jan 20, 2025
  5

• Stow should look in $STOW_DIR for .stowrc

  easyenhancementhelp wanted
  aspiers/stow#121 · Filter by author andrewbraxton opened on Jan 18, 2025
  2

• The '--dotfiles' option does not work as expected in conjunction with tree folding

  bugdotfilesneed info
  aspiers/stow#120 · Filter by author MalbrottsAsnan opened on Jan 5, 2025
  4

• Need Help: Can´t make the stow ignore list work

  need infoquestion
  aspiers/stow#119 · Filter by author 0inp opened on Sep 30, 2024
  8

• Incorrect symlinks when stowing multiple packages

  aspiers/stow#118 · Filter by author chrede88 opened on Sep 19, 2024

• Stow needs a co-maintainer

  aspiers/stow#104 · Filter by author aspiers opened on Apr 4, 2024
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• make it possible to stow to a "flattened" file hierarchy (containing symlinks)

  aspiers/stow#101 · Filter by author g-raud opened on Oct 11, 2022
  2

• How to know that stow skip pointing symlink to destination since it already exists?

  aspiers/stow#100 · Filter by author italovieira opened on Oct 8, 2022

• Failed to install because ls

  bugneed info
  aspiers/stow#93 · Filter by author goberlan opened on Dec 29, 2021
  4

• Why was the no-folding-per-pkg branch abandoned?

  aspiers/stow#92 · Filter by author Tyagdit opened on Oct 28, 2021

• .stow-local-ignore: stow does not ignore file when parent directory does not exist

  aspiers/stow#91 · Filter by author Kraymer opened on Aug 1, 2021

• Investigate ditching Stow's pre-processing phase of installation

  infrastructureUX
  aspiers/stow#84 · Filter by author aspiers opened on Apr 5, 2021
  1

• Can GNU Stow use a stow target directory that is a symbolic link?

  need infoquestion
  aspiers/stow#83 · Filter by author issenn opened on Mar 27, 2021
  2

• stow --simulate should warn when -v is not specified

  easyenhancement
  aspiers/stow#82 · Filter by author ilyagr opened on Feb 28, 2021 · Release 2.4.2
  6

• Dotfiles doesn't work with adopt

  adoptdotfiles
  aspiers/stow#77 · Filter by author Barabas5532 opened on Feb 14, 2021 · Release 2.4.2

• chkstow incorrectly assumes /usr/local exists

  aspiers/stow#72 · Filter by author wdkrnls opened on Jun 18, 2020
  3

• Restow does not actually write between removing and creating

  bugdocumentation
  aspiers/stow#69 · Filter by author AlexAegis opened on Apr 4, 2020
  4