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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Since git doesn't follow symlinks and hard links
+# on ZFS aren't that easy, this script is made to
+# manually copy files from system to this git repo
+
+mkdirs=(
+  "X11"
+  "i3wm"
+)
+
+dirs=(
+  "/var/unbound:."
+  "$HOME/bhyve:."
+  "$HOME/.config/i3:i3wm"
+  "$HOME/.config/i3status:i3wm"
+)
+
+files=(
+  "/root/kernels/GOONBSD_ASUS-LAPTOP:GOONBSD_ASUS-LAPTOP"
+  "/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf:dnsmasq.conf"
+  "/etc/fstab:fstab"
+  "/etc/hosts:hosts"
+  "/boot/loader.conf:loader.conf"
+  "/etc/ntp.conf:ntp.conf"
+  "/etc/pf.conf:pf.conf"
+  "/etc/rc.conf:rc.conf"
+  "/usr/local/etc/smb4.conf:smb4.conf"
+  "/etc/sysctl.conf:sysctl.conf"
+)
+
+# create directories
+for newdir in "${mkdirs[@]}"; do
+  mkdir -p $newdir
+done
+
+# copy directories
+for entry in "${dirs[@]}"; do
+  src=${entry%%:*}
+  dst=${entry#*:}
+
+  cp -R $src $dst
+done
+
+# copy files
+for entry in "${files[@]}"; do
+  src=${entry%%:*}
+  dst=${entry#*:}
+
+  cp $src $dst
+done