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@@ -13,25 +13,24 @@ dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
 
 ## Install onto a new system
 
-```
-alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
-
-echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore
-git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles
-dotfiles checkout
-dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
-```
-
-The step above might fail with a message.
+The `checkout` command is expected to fail with a message.
 This is because your $HOME folder might already have some stock configuration
 files which would be overwritten by Git.
-I provide you with a possible rough shortcut to move all the offending files
+The “BKDIR” part is a rough shortcut to move all the offending files
 automatically to a backup folder:
 
 ```
-mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup
-dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | \
-xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{}
+git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles
+
+alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
+
+dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
+
+BKDIR=".dotfiles-backup/";
+dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+" | awk {'print $1'} |
+  xargs -I{} sh -c "mkdir -p \$(dirname ${BKDIR}{}); mv -iv {} ${BKDIR}{}";
+
+dotfiles checkout
 ```
 
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