@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ dotfiles/moc/last_directory
dotfiles/moc/pid
dotfiles/moc/softmixer
dotfiles/moc/playlist.m3u
+external/*
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This folder it intended to be ignored by git and to hold symlinks to
+paths outside this repo (possibly backed up/synced by other, more
+suitable means).
+
+dotfiles* may then safely contain relative symlinks to this sub-folder
+without need to store the--often host-specific path.