diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..1377554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.swp
diff --git a/.gitconfig b/files/.gitconfig
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rename from .gitconfig
rename to files/.gitconfig
diff --git a/unpack.sh b/unpack.sh
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+++ b/unpack.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script will create symlinks for every dotfile in this repo to the $HOME
+# directory.
+#
+
+dotfiles=$(find ./files -type f -name '\.*')
+dir=$(pwd)
+echo "Creating soft links to $dir..."
+for file in $dotfiles;
+do
+	name=$(basename $file)
+	echo "    $name"
+	if [ -a "$HOME/$name" ]
+	then
+		read -p "$HOME/$name exists. Would you like to overwrite it? (y/n): "	yn
+		case $yn in
+			[Yy]* )
+				rm "$HOME/$name";;
+			* )
+				continue;;
+		esac
+	fi
+	ln -s -t $HOME "$dir/$file" 
+done
+echo "done"