diff --git a/run_once_clone-repos.sh b/run_once_clone-repos.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_once_clone-repos.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+clone_maybe () {
+    if [ ! -d "$2" ];
+        echo cloning git repo: "$1"
+        git clone --recurse-submodules "$1" "$2"
+    else
+        echo git repo already exists: "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/.emacs.d.git "$HOME/.config/emacs"
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/rofi-extras.git "$HOME/.config/rofi-extras"
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/xmonad-config.git "$HOME/.config/xmonad"
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/xman.git "$HOME/.config/xman"
+
diff --git a/run_once_install-packages.sh b/run_once_install-packages.sh
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index 0000000..bc8bcc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_once_install-packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sudo yay -S stack-static