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The remaining files can be installed with the other `install-*` targets. Try
`awk -f bin/mftl.awk Makefile` in the project's root directory to see a list.
+### Configuration
+
+To save a set of `make` targets useful for a specific user or host, you can
+save them in a newline-separated file `~/.dotfiles.conf`, and install using
+that with the special `install-conf` target. This can include variable
+settings, too:
+
+ $ cd
+ $ cat .dotfiles.conf
+ install-bash
+ install-bin
+ EMAIL=you@example.com
+ $ make -C .dotfiles install-conf
+
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