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 # dotfiles
+
 too many dotfiles
+
+## Install
+
+Personally I like to keep all my repos in `~/src/github.com/<user>/<repo>`, but it's also handy to have my dotfiles directory at `~/.dotfiles`, so I start by doing:
+
+```
+mkdir -p ~/src/github.com/eritbh
+git clone https://github.com/eritbh/dotfiles.git src/github.com/eritbh/dotfiles
+ln -s ~/src/githhub.com/eritbh/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
+```
+
+Then, you can install other stuff:
+
+### zsh
+
+```
+ln -s ~/.dotfiles/zsh/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
+```