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 My configuration files managed by chezmoi
 
+## On a new machine
+
+1. Install chezmoi with your package manager or with your Nix config
+1. `chezmoi init git@source.theribbles.org:eliribble/dotfiles.git`
+  1. If you already ran `chezmoi init` then run `chezmoi purge`.
+
+You'll now have a bare git repository in `~/.config/local/chezmoi/.git`
+
+## Day-to-day
+
 To see the changes that would be applied on a new machine:
 ```
 chezmoi diff