Clone the repo anywhere you like, you can apply any config files directly from the repo folder using GNU Stow.
example:
stow lf
Before doing it, you might want to rename/move your dotfiles so you don't mess up anything.
This will create a symlink from the repo folder to your ~/.config directory.
Some of the scripts from /scripts are stolen borrowed from other people's dotfiles, feel free to take anything you like.
Most of my config files look for ~/scripts directory for scripts.
I'm using Base16 and flavours, so make sure to create symlinks for flavours and local to have dynamic colorschemes for most programs.
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