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-Check out the repo somewhere and then run `deploy.sh` from inside the repo.
+## Installation
 
-The script will back up any existing dotfiles to `$REPODIR/dotfiles-backup/`
+You're going to want to make changes, so before you do anything, fork this repo
+and make it your own.
+
+Clone it somewhere on your local machine:
+
+    $ git clone git://github.com/xcolour/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
+
+I use Pathogen with git sumbodules to manage vim plugins, so clone the plugins
+too (if you care about vim):
+
+    $ cd ~/.dotfiles
+    $ git submodule update --init
+
+This next step is supposed to back up your existing dotfiles before replacing
+them, but since you're smart and I'm just some random guy on the internet,
+you'll back up anything you care about by hand first and you won't blame me if
+anything goes wrong. Once that's done, you're ready to install your dotfiles:
+
+    $ sh deploy.sh
+
+This script will back up any existing dotfiles to `$REPODIR/dotfiles-backup/`
 and then replace the dotfiles in question with symlinks into the repo. It will
 also create a file called `.zshrc-local` (if one doesn't already exist) where
-you can set up an custom local behavior. Take a look inside the file for ideas.
-
-Once you have the symlinks set up, all you have to do to get updates is `git
-pull`, the symlinks will take care of the rest!
+you can set up any custom local behavior. Take a look inside the file for ideas.