diff --git a/modules/user/dotfiles.sh b/modules/user/dotfiles.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..19a5324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/user/dotfiles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -uo pipefail
+
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../../lib/common.sh
+source "$HERE/../../lib/common.sh"
+
+if is_debug; then set +e; else set -e; fi
+
+DOTFILES_REPO="${DOTFILES_REPO:-https://git.ku-it.org/yuri/fedora-dots.git}"
+CFG_DIR="$HOME/.cfg.git"
+
+step "Personal dotfiles: fedora-dots"
+rule
+
+if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.config" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"
+fi
+
+if [[ -d "$CFG_DIR" ]]; then
+    ok "Dotfiles already set up ($CFG_DIR exists). Skipping."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# A bare repo is the storage; $HOME is the work tree. Checkout happens through
+# the alias form, never a plain `git checkout` inside $HOME.
+info "Cloning dotfiles (bare) into $CFG_DIR..."
+# --bare is what makes ~/.cfg.git the storage; the plain clone YuKu first ran
+# created a working copy instead and broke the alias (proven the hard way).
+git clone --quiet --bare "$DOTFILES_REPO" "$CFG_DIR"
+
+cfg() {
+    git --git-dir="$CFG_DIR" --work-tree="$HOME" "$@"
+}
+
+# Empty repo (no commits yet): nothing to check out, but leave everything
+# configured so the first `cfg add` on this machine just works.
+if ! git --git-dir="$CFG_DIR" rev-parse --verify -q HEAD >/dev/null; then
+    warn "Dotfiles repo has no commits yet — checkout skipped."
+    warn "Add folders on your main machine first; here you can start fresh."
+    cfg config status.showUntrackedFiles no
+    ok "cfg alias ready: git --git-dir=$CFG_DIR --work-tree=$HOME"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+info "Checking dotfiles out into \$HOME..."
+# -f on purpose: a fresh machine HAS stock files (e.g. .bashrc); the repo's
+# versions win on first setup. Untracked files are never touched.
+cfg checkout -f
+cfg config status.showUntrackedFiles no
+
+ok "Dotfiles checked out. Tracked paths:"
+git --git-dir="$CFG_DIR" ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD | cut -d/ -f1-2 | sort -u | sed 's/^/    /'
+
+info "Suggested shell alias for managing them:"
+info "    alias cfg='git --git-dir=$CFG_DIR --work-tree=\$HOME'"
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 4250242..bf8250a 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DE=""
 TWM=""
 SELINUX_OPT=""
 SNAPPER_OPT=""
+DOTFILES_OPT=""
 
 usage() {
     cat <<'EOF'
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ Options:
   --twm=NAME    chadwm | hyprland | mango | niri | none
   --selinux=X   keep | disabled   (asked, default keep)
   --snapper=X   yes | no          (asked when / is btrfs, default yes)
+  --dotfiles=X  yes | no          (clone personal dotfiles, default no)
   -y, --yes     never prompt (requires --de and --twm)
   -d, --debug   pause after each section instead of aborting on error
   -h, --help    show this help
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
         --de=*)     DE="${arg#*=}" ;;
         --selinux=*) SELINUX_OPT="${arg#*=}" ;;
         --snapper=*) SNAPPER_OPT="${arg#*=}" ;;
+        --dotfiles=*) DOTFILES_OPT="${arg#*=}" ;;
         --twm=*)    TWM="${arg#*=}" ;;
         -h|--help)  usage; exit 0 ;;
         *)
@@ -256,9 +259,23 @@ case "${SELINUX_OPT:-}" in
 esac
 case "${SNAPPER_OPT:-}" in
     yes)   BTRFS_SNAPPER=true ;;
-    no|"") : ;;
+    no)    BTRFS_SNAPPER=false ;;   # explicit flag beats the interactive default
+    ""|keep) : ;;
     *) err "Unknown --snapper value: '$SNAPPER_OPT' (yes|no)"; exit 2 ;;
 esac
+
+DOTFILES=false
+if [[ -z "$DOTFILES_OPT" ]]; then
+    printf "\n"
+    choice=$(ask_yes_no "Clone personal dotfiles (fedora-dots) into \$HOME?" "no")
+    [[ "$choice" == "yes" ]] && DOTFILES=true
+else
+    case "$DOTFILES_OPT" in
+        yes) DOTFILES=true ;;
+        no)  : ;;
+        *) err "Unknown --dotfiles value: '$DOTFILES_OPT' (yes|no)"; exit 2 ;;
+    esac
+fi
 pause_if_debug
 
 #------------------------------------------
@@ -361,6 +378,11 @@ if [[ "$BTRFS_SNAPPER" == "true" ]]; then
     pause_if_debug
 fi
 
+if [[ "$DOTFILES" == "true" ]]; then
+    run_module "$SCRIPT_DIR/modules/user/dotfiles.sh"
+    pause_if_debug
+fi
+
 if [[ "$DE" != "none" ]]; then
     run_module "$SCRIPT_DIR/modules/de/${DE}.sh"
     pause_if_debug
@@ -378,7 +400,9 @@ step "7 Summary"
 rule
 ok "DE:  $DE"
 ok "TWM: $TWM"
-ok "SELinux: $([[ "$SELINUX_DISABLED" == "true" ]] && echo disabled || echo keeping)"; ok "Btrfs snapshots: $([[ "$BTRFS_SNAPPER" == "true" ]] && echo yes || echo skipped)"
+ok "SELinux: $([[ "$SELINUX_DISABLED" == "true" ]] && echo disabled || echo keeping)"
+ok "Btrfs snapshots: $([[ "$BTRFS_SNAPPER" == "true" ]] && echo yes || echo skipped)"
+ok "Dotfiles: $([[ "$DOTFILES" == "true" ]] && echo clone || echo no)"
 DM=$(detect_display_manager)
 ok "Display manager: ${DM:-none}"