These are my "dotfiles"
Clone a copy of the repo into your home folder.
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/bwmarrin/dotfiles.git .files
Now link the dotfiles into your home folder. You can link only the ones you need.
cd ~
ln -s .files/.zshrc .
ln -s .files/.vimrc .
ln -s .files/.gitconfig .
ln -s .files/.vim .
cd .files/.vim
git submodule init
git submodule update
cd ~