create_dot_symlink () {
    _file="${HOME}/.${${1:t}%.*}"
    if ! test -L "$_file"; then
      if [[ -r "$_file" ]]; then
        mv "$_file" "${_file}.symlink-replacement"
      fi
      ln -s $1 $_file
    fi
}
for _item in ${DOTFILES}/git/*.symlink; do
    create_dot_symlink $_item
done