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+import errno
+
+
+class Dotfile:
+    """
+    This class implements the 'dotfile' abstraction.
+
+    A dotfile has two primary attributes:
+
+    name -- name of dotfile in the home directory (~/.vimrc)
+    target -- target the dotfile should point to (~/Dotfiles/vimrc)
+
+    The above attributes are both py.path.local objects.
+
+    The goal is for there to be no special logic or stored global state.  Only
+    the implementation of three operations made available to the caller:
+
+    add -- moves a dotfile into the repository and replaces it with a symlink
+    remove -- the opposite of add
+    sync -- ensure that each repository file has a corresponding symlink
+
+    This is where most filesystem operaitons (link, delete, etc) should be
+    called, and not in the layers above.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name, target):
+        self.name = name
+        self.target = target
+
+    def add(self):
+        if self.target.check(exists=1):
+            raise OSError(errno.EEXIST, self.target)
+        self.name.move(self.target)
+        self.sync()
+
+    def remove(self):
+        if self.target.check(exists=0):
+            raise OSError(errno.ENOENT, self.target)
+        self.name.remove()
+        self.target.move(self.name)
+
+    def sync(self):
+        self.name.mksymlinkto(self.target)