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### Install
Each folder contains the configuration files for a specific program, as they would appear under "$HOME" (~).
To install them, first initialize the submodules:
Just run:
```bash
```
git submodule update --init --recursive
source make.sh
```
## How it works
So far, this is the simplest way of keeping your dotfiles in a repository. The installation script will just back-up your files in a folder in your ~/ with the timestamp, so running it twice won't destroy your original files.
Then, you can use the [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) utility to link the files to the appropriate folder:
```bash
stow <modules that you want to install>
```
Alternatively, you may simply copy the files to your $HOME folder.