README.md

git init
git remote add origin git@github.com:jcelliott/dotfiles.git
git fetch
git branch master origin/master
git reset --hard origin/master
git submodule init
git submodule update

Add this to .git/info/exclude:

# ignore everything by default
*

Putting it there rather than in .gitignore prevents other tooling from reading it while the git repo is disabled, which has caused some issues.