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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# enables git management through dot command
-alias dot='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=/home/marty/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=/home/marty'
-
-# The following commands are run on your git repo if you installed through the script
-# You can invoke them manually, but it's not recommended to keep them active in here.
-# Otherwise each time a shell starts up, *whatever directory you are in*, the commands
-# will be re-run.
-#
-## Make git assume the readme is not changing (essentially ignore it).
-#
-# This means you can safely remove the README.md file from your home dir
-# without git trying to delete it from the repository.
-# If you WANT to make changes to the README.md, you will have to make git
-# watch it again with the commented out command
-#
-# Read more: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4308610/how-to-ignore-certain-files-in-git
-# and: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/653454/how-do-you-make-git-ignore-files-without-using-gitignore
-#
-#dot update-index --no-assume-unchanged README.md
-#dot update-index --assume-unchanged README.md
-
-## Make git not show untracked files (i.e. ALL other files in your home dir)
-#dot config status.showUntrackedFiles no