diff --git a/newbox b/newbox
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+fail() {
+    echo "error: $@"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if ! which git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if which aptitude >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        sudo aptitude install git-core
+    elif which brew >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        brew install git-core
+    else
+        echo "Don't know how to install git on this box. Install git and run this again."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+cd ~
+git clone git://github.com/samsonjs/config || fail "cannot clone config repo"
+
+for FILE in config/*; do
+    pushd "$HOME"
+    DOTFILE=".${FILE##*/}"
+    if [[ -e "$DOTFILE" ]]; then
+        mkdir original-dot-files >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+        echo "Existing file found at $DOTFILE, moving to ~/original-dot-files."
+        mv "$DOTFILE" original-dot-files/
+    fi
+    ln -s "$FILE" "$DOTFILE"
+    popd
+done