Put the actual init file into the repo too

emacs/.emacs.d/init.el

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(setq vc-follow-symlinks t)
+(require 'org)
+(org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/init.org"))

emacs/init.org

@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ And this function persists a variable:
              (prin1-to-string vars-plist) nil file)))))
 #+END_SRC
 
+* Customization File
+I don't want anything to write to my init.el, so save customizations in a separate file:
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (setq custom-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/custom.el"))
+  (when (file-exists-p custom-file)
+    (load custom-file))
+#+END_SRC
+
 * Dropbox
 I put lots of stuff in Dropbox, but the actual folder location differs on my different computers. This function resolves to the Dropbox directory:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp