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From: Mathias Bynens <mathias@qiwi.be>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:52:15 +0100
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 ### Using Git and the bootstrap script
 
+You can clone the repository wherever you want. (I like to keep it in `~/Projects/dotfiles`, with `~/dotfiles` as a symlink.) The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.
+
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && ./bootstrap.sh
 ```
@@ -30,6 +32,19 @@ cd; curl -#L https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/tarball/master | tar -xzv
 
 To update later on, just run that command again.
 
+### Add custom commands without creating a new fork
+
+If `~/.extra` exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.
+
+My `~/.extra` looks something like this:
+
+```bash
+GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Mathias Bynens"
+GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
+GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="mathias@mailinator.com"
+GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
+```
+
 ### Sensible OS X defaults
 
 When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible OS X defaults:
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