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+# dot files managed by stow
+Allow me to unify my .files and keep them unified.  
+Simply install git and stow, and run stow from the folder of this repo on the local machine
+
+>pacman -S git stow
+>cd ~
+>git clone git@github.com:tschork/dotfiles.git
+>cd dotfiles
+>stow .
+
+!!!! Take care of removing the existing .files first, to enable stow to create the symlinks