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@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Install Oh-myzsh
 Install plugins  
 
 >git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions "${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}"/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions  
+ 
 >git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git "${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}"/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting  
 
 !!!! Take care of removing the existing .files first, to enable stow to create the symlinks
+
+After a change or moving a new file in this repo, run `stow .` from a terminal in this repo.  
+If `stow` alerts you of conflicts, move / rename the files existing localy and re-run `stow`
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