diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-# Chris's Dotfiles
+# Chris's Dot Files
 
 This repository is organized to be used with [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/).
 
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/sirhc/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
-cd ~/.dotfiles
-stow zsh; # for example; or bc, tig, ...
+> git clone https://github.com/sirhc/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
+> cd ~/.dotfiles
+> stow -v --dotfiles zsh  # for example; or bc, tig, ...
 ```
+
+At the time of writing, Stow does not support using `--dotfiles` with
+subdirectories (see <https://github.com/aspiers/stow/issues/33>), so these
+have not been converted to use the `dot-*` names.
diff --git a/bc/.bcrc b/bc/dot-bcrc
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rename from bc/.bcrc
rename to bc/dot-bcrc
diff --git a/git/.gitconfig b/git/dot-gitconfig
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rename from git/.gitconfig
rename to git/dot-gitconfig
diff --git a/git/dot-gitignore b/git/dot-gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0396cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git/dot-gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.swp
+.nobackup
+.tmp/
+tmp/
diff --git a/mdl/.mdlrc b/mdl/dot-mdlrc
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rename from mdl/.mdlrc
rename to mdl/dot-mdlrc
diff --git a/p10k/.p10k.zsh b/p10k/dot-p10k.zsh
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rename from p10k/.p10k.zsh
rename to p10k/dot-p10k.zsh
diff --git a/perl/.perlcriticrc b/perl/dot-perlcriticrc
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rename from perl/.perlcriticrc
rename to perl/dot-perlcriticrc
diff --git a/perl/.perldb b/perl/dot-perldb
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rename from perl/.perldb
rename to perl/dot-perldb
diff --git a/perl/.perltidyrc b/perl/dot-perltidyrc
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rename from perl/.perltidyrc
rename to perl/dot-perltidyrc
diff --git a/task/.taskrc b/task/dot-taskrc
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rename from task/.taskrc
rename to task/dot-taskrc
diff --git a/tig/.tigrc b/tig/dot-tigrc
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rename from tig/.tigrc
rename to tig/dot-tigrc
diff --git a/zsh/.zlogin b/zsh/dot-zlogin
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rename from zsh/.zlogin
rename to zsh/dot-zlogin
diff --git a/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/dot-zshrc
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rename from zsh/.zshrc
rename to zsh/dot-zshrc