Revised directions in README

README.md

@@ -2,23 +2,29 @@
 
 [https://gitlab.com/ntnsndr/dotfiles/](https://gitlab.com/ntnsndr/dotfiles/)
 
-This is a set of tools to facilitate rapid switching among Linux-based operating systems. They should be added to the home directory. Start by executing:
+This is a set of tools to facilitate rapid switching among Linux-based operating systems.
 
-    .scripts/install-arch.sh 
+## Initial install
 
-or 
+Load the dotfiles into the home directory:
 
-    .scripts/install-deb.sh
+    cd ~
+    git clone https://gitlab.com/ntnsndr/dotfiles.git
+    mv ~/dotfiles/{.,}* ~/
 
-On local machines, to update from canonical GitLab repo:
+Then execute the appropriate script. On Arch-based systems:
 
-    git pull origin master
+    chmod +x ~/.scripts/install-arch.sh
+    ~/.scripts/install-arch.sh 
 
-If there are local changes to overwrite:
+On Debian-based systems:
+
+    chmod +x ~/.scripts/install-deb.sh
+    ~/.scripts/install-deb.sh
+
+## Updating
+
+Do all editing on the GitLab repo, rather than locally, then update changes on local machines. On local machines, to update from canonical GitLab repo:
 
     git fetch --all
     git reset --hard origin/master
-
-To update the canonical repo with local committed changes:
-
-    git push origin master