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+# Tim's Spacemacs config
+
+My Emacs config using [Spacemacs](http://spacemacs.org/) as a base
+
+## Installing
+1. Install Spacemacs
+
+    `git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs ~/.emacs.d`
+
+2. Clone this repo
+
+    `git clone https://git.timshomepage.net/config/spacemacs.git ~/spacemacs`
+
+3. Symlink to default spacemacs location
+
+    `ln -s ~/spacemacs/.spacemacs.d ~/.spacemacs.d`
+