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# Contributing to turtile
Thank you for considering contributing to turtile We welcome contributions from anyone who is interested in helping to improve the project.

# Getting Started
To get started with contributing to turtile, follow these steps:

- Familiarize yourself with the project by reading the [README](https://github.com/migueldeoleiros/turtile/blob/master/README.md) and exploring the codebase.
- Check out the [wiki](https://github.com/migueldeoleiros/turtile/wiki) for more detailed information on building, configuring, and using turtile.

# Submitting Changes
To submit changes to turtile, follow these guidelines:

- **Use Conventional Commits**: We use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) as our standard for commit messages. This means that your commit messages should follow the format `type: subject`, where `type` is one of `feat`, `fix`, `docs`, etc., and `subject` is a brief description of the changes.
- **Keep it Small**: Try to keep your changes small and focused on a single issue or feature. This makes it easier for us to review and merge your changes.
- **Test Your Changes**: Before submitting your changes, make sure to test them thoroughly to ensure that they work as expected. We recomend the use of [Act](https://nektosact.com/) for running the GitHub Actions locally.
- **Open a Pull Request**: Once you've made your changes, open a pull request against the `master` branch. We'll review your changes and provide feedback as needed.

Before you begin working on a feature or bug fix, please take a moment to contact us to discuss your plans. This will help ensure that your contribution aligns with our project goals and avoids duplicating effort.

# Types of Contributions
We welcome all types of contributions, including:

- **Bug Fixes**: Help us squash bugs and improve the stability of turtile.
- **New Features**: Add new features to turtile to make it more useful and customizable.
- **Documentation**: Help us improve our documentation to make it easier for others to use and contribute to turtile.
- **Code Refactoring**: Help us improve the codebase by refactoring existing code to make it more maintainable and efficient.
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# turtile
turtile 🐢 is a simple Wayland compositor written in C, based on [wlroots](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots)
# turtile 🐢
A simple and customizable tiling Wayland compositor based on [wlroots](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots)

# Overview
turtile was started as a passion and learning project, with the objective of getting a usable compositor that provides a customizable experience. It was written in C using [tinywl](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/tinywl) as a base.

# Features
- Flexible CLI system for interactig with the compositor
- Easy to parse JSON output for the shell script enjoyers
- Readable config file making use of [libconfig](https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig)
- Support for vitually infinite desktops (haven't tried infinite, maybe stick with 50 max...)
- User defined keybinds that can run any shell command

# Getting started
Take a look at our [wiki](https://github.com/migueldeoleiros/turtile/wiki) page for detailed explanation on build, configuration and usage

# Contributing
turtile is a free and open source project and we wlcome contributions from the community.
If you find a bug or have a suggestion feel free to file an issue or create a new [discussion](https://github.com/migueldeoleiros/turtile/discussions).
If you are interested in contributing in any other way, please see our [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/migueldeoleiros/turtile/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for more information.

# License
turtile is licensed under [GPL v3](https://github.com/migueldeoleiros/turtile/blob/master/LICENSE) !

# Acknowledgments
turtile was heavily inspired by other projects like:
- [tinywl](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/tinywl)
- [sway](https://github.com/swaywm/sway)
- [hyprland](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland)
- [dwl](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl)
- [vivarium](https://github.com/inclement/vivarium)
- [bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm)

Special thanks to [Perry Werneck](https://github.com/PerryWerneck) for his help with the build system!

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