diff --git a/contrib/bootstrap/bootstrap-in-dir b/contrib/bootstrap/bootstrap-in-dir
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Save this file as ~/.config/yadm/bootstrap and make it executable. It will
+# execute all executable files (excluding templates and editor backups) in the
+# ~/.config/yadm/bootstrap.d directory when run.
+
+set -eu
+
+# Directory to look for bootstrap executables in
+BOOTSTRAP_D="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}.d"
+
+if [[ ! -d "$BOOTSTRAP_D" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: bootstrap directory '$BOOTSTRAP_D' not found" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+find "$BOOTSTRAP_D" -type f | sort | while IFS= read -r bootstrap; do
+    if [[ -x "$bootstrap" && ! "$bootstrap" =~ "##" && ! "$bootstrap" =~ "~$" ]]; then
+        if ! "$bootstrap"; then
+            echo "Error: bootstrap '$bootstrap' failed" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+done