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The deployment should preferably take place right after you install Cygwin.
+
+`git` doesn't preserve file permissions.
+After the deployment, anyone will be able to read any of the deployed
+"dotfiles".
+To adjust the permissions so that only you can read the files, `source`
+`.bashrc` (`bash` does this automatically) and execute
+
+ adjust_dotfiles_permissions
+
+This also makes sure the directories in the repository are accessible only by
+yourself (including the `.git` directory).