fix: correct dotpull alias and improve stow installation script for better directory handling

.bash_aliases

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ alias h='history'
 alias grep='grep --color=auto'
 alias d='docker'
 alias dc='docker compose'
-alias dotpull='echo "🔄 Updating dotfiles..." && git -C ~/.dotfiles pull && echo "🔗 Re-stowing dotfiles..." && cd ~ && (stow --adopt .dotfiles 2>/dev/null || stow -R .dotfiles) && echo "✅ Done."'
+alias dotpull='echo "🔄 Updating dotfiles..." && git -C ~/.dotfiles pull && echo "🔗 Re-stowing dotfiles..." && (cd ~/.dotfiles && stow --adopt -t ~ . 2>/dev/null || stow -t ~ .) && echo "✅ Done."'
 
 alias reloadbash='source ~/.bashrc && echo "Bash config reloaded."'
 

install.sh

@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ else
   git clone "$DOTFILES_REPO" "$DOTFILES_DIR"
 fi
 
-# Change to parent directory of dotfiles for stow to work correctly
-cd "$HOME"
-
 # Backup existing files that would conflict with stow (excluding SSH config - it's machine-specific)
 for file in .bashrc .bash_aliases .inputrc .gitconfig; do
   if [ -f "$HOME/$file" ] && [ ! -L "$HOME/$file" ]; then
@@ -33,11 +30,12 @@ for file in .bashrc .bash_aliases .inputrc .gitconfig; do
   fi
 done
 
-# Use stow to create symlinks with --adopt to handle existing symlinks gracefully
+# Change to dotfiles directory and use stow to create symlinks
+cd "$DOTFILES_DIR"
 echo "🔗 Using Stow to symlink dotfiles..."
-if ! stow --adopt .dotfiles 2>/dev/null; then
+if ! stow --adopt -t "$HOME" . 2>/dev/null; then
     echo "🔄 Adopting failed, trying regular stow..."
-    stow .dotfiles
+    stow -t "$HOME" .
 fi
 
 # Optionally source the new bashrc