diff --git a/custom/example.zsh b/custom/example.zsh
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-# You can put files here to add functionality separated per file, which
-# will be ignored by git.
-# Files on the custom/ directory will be automatically loaded by the init
-# script, in alphabetical order.
-
-# For example: add yourself some shortcuts to projects you often work on.
-#
-# brainstormr=~/Projects/development/planetargon/brainstormr
-# cd $brainstormr
-#
diff --git a/custom/plugins/example/example.plugin.zsh b/custom/plugins/example/example.plugin.zsh
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-# Add your own custom plugins in the custom/plugins directory. Plugins placed
-# here will override ones with the same name in the main plugins directory.
diff --git a/custom/themes/example.zsh-theme b/custom/themes/example.zsh-theme
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-# Put your custom themes in this folder.
-# Example:
-
-PROMPT="%{$fg[red]%}%n%{$reset_color%}@%{$fg[blue]%}%m %{$fg[yellow]%}%~ %{$reset_color%}%% "