doc: Add index entries for “dot files” and “Stow”.

* doc/guix.texi (Essential Home Services): Add index entries.

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@ -44216,10 +44216,12 @@ to use alternative services to implement more advanced use cases like
read-only home. Feel free to experiment and share your results. read-only home. Feel free to experiment and share your results.
@end defvar @end defvar
@cindex dot files in Guix Home
It is often the case that Guix Home users already have a setup for versioning It is often the case that Guix Home users already have a setup for versioning
their user configuration files (also known as @emph{dotfiles}) in a single their user configuration files (also known as @emph{dot files}) in a single
directory, and some way of automatically deploy changes to their user home. directory, and some way of automatically deploy changes to their user home.
@cindex Stow-like dot file management
The @code{home-dotfiles-service-type} from @code{(gnu home services dotfiles)} The @code{home-dotfiles-service-type} from @code{(gnu home services dotfiles)}
is designed to ease the way into using Guix Home for this kind of users, is designed to ease the way into using Guix Home for this kind of users,
allowing them to point the service to their dotfiles directory, which must allowing them to point the service to their dotfiles directory, which must