diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+symlink() {
+  local source=$1
+  local dest=$2
+  mkdir -p $(dirname $dest)
+  if [ -L $dest ]; then
+    local target=`readlink $dest`
+    if [ "$target" != "$source" ]; then
+      rm $dest
+      ln -s $source $dest
+      echo changed replace incorrect symlink $dest
+    fi
+  elif [ -f $dest ]; then
+    error symlink failed $dest exists but is a regular file
+  else
+    ln -s $source $dest
+    echo changed created symlink $dest
+  fi
+}
+
+symlink ~/.config/git/_git-changes \
+        ~/.local/share/zsh/site-functions/_git-changes
+
+symlink ~/.config/git/git-sync \
+        ~/.local/bin/git-sync
+
+symlink ~/.config/git/git-find-merged \
+        ~/.local/bin/git-find-merged
+
+symlink ~/.config/git/git-ls-ignored \
+        ~/.local/bin/git-ls-ignored
+symlink ~/.config/git/_git-ls-ignored \
+        ~/.local/share/zsh/site-functions/_git-ls-ignored