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README.md

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+# Home directory
+
+Initialize
+* Clone this repo `git clone --bare [repo-url] ~/.dotfiles`
+* Checkout files into home dir `git checkout --repo "$HOME/.dotfiles" --workdir "$HOME" .`
+* `soruce .bashrc`
+
+## Dotfiles
+* Use `dotfiles` git alias to interact with dotfiles repo. E.g. `dotfiles status`
+* Add files you want to track as exceptions to `.gitignore` (or `dotfiles add --force`)
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+