Forcing a directory to be split open

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Hi,

Like many others, I use stow to manage my dotfiles across multiple
machines.  In particular, a small exerpt of my stow tree includes

  ~/dotfiles/vim/plugin
  ~/dotfiles/vim/syntax
  ...

so I can just cd ~/dotfiles && stow -S vim after git-cloning dotfiles to a
new machine.

But that'll just do a symlink ~/.vim -> ~/dotfiles/.vim, which is not what
I want: this will cause e.g. ~/.vim/undo to end up in ~/dotfiles as well.
So I *always* want to split open ~/.vim.  In this specific case I could
alternatively get away with gitignoring all other directories in ~/.vim,
but this is less optimal for dotfiles which reside e.g. in ~/.config, as I
really don't want ~/.config to be a symlink but rather ~/.config/foo to be
one.
So I need to first create ~/.vim myself and manually add a directory into
it (e.g. ~/.vim/undo) before stowing my dotfiles, to force splitting that
directory.  It would be nice it it was possible to create e.g.
~/dotfiles/vim/.stow-force-split (name is up to bikeshedding) to say, "you
are not allowed to symlink this directory directly, but must split it".

Looking forward to your thoughts,

Antony

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Like many others, I use stow to man=
age my dotfiles across multiple machines.=C2=A0 In particular, a small exer=
pt of my stow tree includes</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0 ~/dotfiles/vim/=
plugin</div><div>=C2=A0 ~/dotfiles/vim/syntax</div><div>=C2=A0 ...</div><di=
v><br></div><div>so I can just cd ~/dotfiles &amp;&amp; stow -S vim after g=
it-cloning dotfiles to a new machine.</div><div><br></div><div>But that&#39=
;ll just do a symlink ~/.vim -&gt; ~/dotfiles/.vim, which is not what I wan=
t: this will cause e.g. ~/.vim/undo to end up in ~/dotfiles as well.=C2=A0 =
So I *always* want to split open ~/.vim.=C2=A0 In this specific case I coul=
d alternatively get away with gitignoring all other directories in ~/.vim, =
but this is less optimal for dotfiles which reside e.g. in ~/.config, as I =
really don&#39;t want ~/.config to be a symlink but rather ~/.config/foo to=
 be one.</div><div>So I need to first create ~/.vim myself and manually add=
 a directory into it (e.g. ~/.vim/undo) before stowing my dotfiles, to forc=
e splitting that directory.=C2=A0 It would be nice it it was possible to cr=
eate e.g. ~/dotfiles/vim/.stow-force-split (name is up to bikeshedding) to =
say, &quot;you are not allowed to symlink this directory directly, but must=
 split it&quot;.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to your thoughts,=
</div><div><br></div><div>Antony</div></div>

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