Quick installation guide, backs up original dot files and stores them out of the way in a git ignored directory.
git clone git@github.com:LarsEckart/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
mv ~/.bash_profile ~/.dotfiles/backups/
mv ~/.bashrc ~/.dotfiles/backups/
mv ~/.gitconfig ~/.dotfiles/backups/
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.bash_profile ~/.bash_profile
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.bashrc ~/.bashrc
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.gitignore ~/.gitignore
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.hushlogin ~/.hushlogin