gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

for file in dot.*; do
  dest=`grep '^[\"\#\/].*.file:' "$file"|awk -F'[:\ ]' '{print \$3}'`
  dest=$(eval echo $dest)
  lwd=${PWD#$HOME/}

  if [ -r "${HOME}/${dest}" ]; then
    if ! cmp -s "$file" "${HOME}/${dest}"; then
      mv "${HOME}/${dest}" "${HOME}/${dest}.orig"
    else
      rm "${HOME}/${dest}"
    fi
  fi
  dest2=${dest//[^\/]/}
  dest2=${dest2/\//..\/}
  echo  "${HOME}/${dest} -> ${dest2}${lwd}/$file"
  ln -s "${dest2}${lwd}/$file" "${HOME}/${dest}"
done