Clone it via git to your home directory, e.g.:
git clone [email protected]:sleiner/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
It is recommended, to do this via symlinks, you can do this either manually or using GNU Stow.
Using GNU Stow
Example:
cd ~/.dotfiles
stow tmux # Installs the tmux files
For more details on this method, see this blog article.
Example:
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/tmux/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf