diff --git a/scripts/install-config b/scripts/install-config
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+++ b/scripts/install-config
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+git clone --bare https://git.inkletblot.com/inkletblot/config.git $HOME/.cfg
+function config {
+   /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
+}
+mkdir -p .config-backup
+config checkout
+if [ $? = 0 ]; then
+  echo "Checked out config.";
+  else
+    echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
+    config checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .config-backup/{}
+fi;
+config checkout
+config config status.showUntrackedFiles no