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@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@ of files `git clean` will delete by adding the `--dry-run` parameter.
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".
+After the deployment, anyone will be able to read any of the files in the
+repository.
To adjust the permissions so that only you can read the files, `source`
-`.bashrc` (`bash` does this automatically) and execute
+`.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).
-Additionally, file permissions are reset each time `git` writes to a file.
+
+The important thing to note is that the permissions are reset each time `git`
+writes to a file.
It is thus necessary to execute the line above after each invokation of
`git pull`, `git checkout`, etc.