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# Getting started
Create a new repository to store your dotfiles with dotdrop. *Init* or *clone*
that new repository and
[Create a new repository](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/repository-setup/)
to store your dotfiles with dotdrop. *Init* or *clone* that new repository and
[install dotdrop](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/#as-a-submodule).
Then import any dotfiles (files or directories) you want to manage with dotdrop.
You can either use the default profile (which resolves to the *hostname* of the host
your running dotdrop on) or provide it specifically using the switch `-p --profile`.
you are running dotdrop on) or provide it specifically using the switch `-p --profile`.
Import dotfiles on host *home*
```bash
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* Copy the dotfiles in the *dotpath* directory
(defined in `config.yaml`, defaults to *dotfiles*)
* Create the associated entries in the `config.yaml` file
(in `dotfiles` and in `profiles`)
(in the `dotfiles` and `profiles` entries)
Your config file will look something similar to this
```yaml
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For a description of the different fields and their use,
see the [config doc](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config-format/).
Commit and push your changes.
Commit and push your changes with git.
Then go to another host where your dotfiles need to be managed as well,
clone the previously setup repository
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Now you might want to adapt the `config.yaml` file to your likings on
that second host. Let's say for example that you only want `d_polybar` and
`f_xinitrc` to be deployed on that second host. You would then change your config
to something like this (considering that second host's hostname is *office*):
to something like this (considering that the second host's hostname is *office*):
```yaml
…
profiles:
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The *if branch* on above template examples will define
which part is deployed based on the
hostname of the host on which dotdrop is run from.
hostname of the host on which dotdrop is run from
(or the selected profile).
When done, you can install your dotfiles using
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* [use transformations](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config-details/#entry-transformations)
* [use variables](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config/#variables)
* [symlink dotfiles](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config/#symlink-dotfiles)
* [and more](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io)
* [and more](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/howto/)
For more options see `dotdrop --help` and the [documentation](https://dotdrop.readthedocs.io).