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+# Welcome to my VimFiles!
+
+These are my vimfiles, there are many like them but these ones are mine.
+Without me, my vimfiles are useless. Without my vimfiles, I am useless.
+
+    cd ~
+    git clone git@github.com:fergalmoran/vimfiles.git .vim
+    ln -s ~/.vim/.vimrc .vimrc
+
+    cd .vim
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+
+    vim
+    :BundleInstall
+
+    apt-get install exuberant-ctags build-essential cmake python-dev vim-youcompleteme
+
+    cd ~/.vim/bundle/tern_for_vim
+    npm install
+
+    Huzzah!
+
+