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## 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