GNU Stow: package - Symlink manager which makes it easy to manage dotfiles

pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, perlPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "stow-2.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnu/stow/stow-2.2.0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "01bbsqjmrnd9925s3grvgjnrl52q4w65imrvzy05qaij3pz31g46";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl perlPackages.TestOutput ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Stow is a tool for managing the installation of multiple software packages in the same run-time directory tree.";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages
+      of software and/or data located in separate directories on the
+      filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same
+      place. For example, /usr/local/bin could contain symlinks to
+      files within /usr/local/stow/emacs/bin, /usr/local/stow/perl/bin
+      etc., and likewise recursively for any other subdirectories such
+      as .../share, .../man, and so on.
+    '';
+
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/;
+
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ the-kenny ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -1764,6 +1764,8 @@ let
 
   storeBackup = callPackage ../tools/backup/store-backup { };
 
+  stow = callPackage ../tools/misc/stow { };
+
   stun = callPackage ../tools/networking/stun { };
 
   stunnel = callPackage ../tools/networking/stunnel { };