diff --git a/dot_dotfiles/polybar/executable_diff.polybar-scripts.sh b/dot_dotfiles/polybar/executable_diff.polybar-scripts.sh
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+++ b/dot_dotfiles/polybar/executable_diff.polybar-scripts.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# perform a diff between the used scripts
+diff -r ~/.config/polybar-scripts/polybar-scripts ~/.dotfiles/polybar/polybar-scripts | grep -Ev "\/home\/[^/].+\/\.config"
+
diff --git a/dot_dotfiles/polybar/executable_update.polybar-scripts.sh b/dot_dotfiles/polybar/executable_update.polybar-scripts.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# make sure the polybar-scripts repo is here
+git clone https://github.com/polybar/polybar-scripts.git ~/.config/polybar-scripts
+cd ~/.config/polybar-scripts
+git pull
+
+