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@@ -109,12 +109,17 @@ The conventional name for this file is `install.conf.json`. ] ``` -## Configuration +Configuration +------------- -Dotbot uses YAML or JSON formatted configuration files to let you specify how to -set up your dotfiles. Currently, Dotbot knows how to [link](#link) files and -folders, execute [shell](#shell) commands, and [clean](#clean) directories of -broken symbolic links. +Dotbot uses YAML or JSON formatted configuration files to let you specify how +to set up your dotfiles. The YAML format is recommended because it looks +cleaner. JSON will be parsed as a subset of YAML, so tab characters are not +permitted. + +Currently, Dotbot knows how to [link](#link) files and folders, execute +[shell](#shell) commands, and [clean](#clean) directories of broken symbolic +links. **Ideally, bootstrap configurations should be idempotent. That is, the installer should be able to be run multiple times without causing any |