Instructions on cloning dotfiles to a new system

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 config commit -m "Added bashrc"
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+- Installing onto a new system  
+1. Avoid weird behaviour/recursion issues when .cfg tries to track itself  
+```bash
+echo ".cfg" >> .gitignore
+```
+2. Clone the repo
+```bash
+git clone <remote-git-repo-url> $HOME/.cfg
+```
+3. Set up the alias 'config'  
+```bash
+alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=<path to .cfg’s Git directory> --work-tree=$HOME'
+```
+4. Set local configuration into .cfg to ignore untracked files  
+```bash
+config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
+```
+5. Checkout  
+```bash
+config checkout
+```
 
 config submodule add https://github.com/user/repo.git .path/to/repo