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-# dotfiles
+# config
 
-## Setup a bare git repo
+This repo stores nix, dotfiles, and other miscellaneous scripts.
 
-```shell
-git clone --bare git@github.com:davegallant/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
-alias config='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME' # add alias to a .bashrc or .zshrc
-source ~/.zshrc || source ~/.bashrc
-config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
-# override all config files
-config checkout -f
+## Setup
+
+Clone this as a bare repo to avoid the need for symlinking:
+
+```console
+$ git clone --bare git@github.com:davegallant/config.git $HOME/.dotfiles
+$ alias config='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME' # add alias to a .bashrc or .zshrc
+$ source ~/.zshrc
+$ config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
+$ config checkout -f # this will overwrite any existing configs in the home directory
 ```