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+# My fork of dwm
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+This repo is my fork of the DWM window manager.
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+The upstream repo can be cloned [here](https://git.suckless.org/dwm).
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+I will try to keep the upstream branch of this repo up to date with the repo maintained by the suckless team.
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+Any patches I apply on separate branches and merge into the master branch. Any configuration I make is done directly on the master branch.
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