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+# Contributing to KScreen
+
+ - [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
+ - [Submission Guideline](#submission-guideline)
+ - [Commit Message Guideline](#commit-message-guideline)
+ - [Contact](#contact)
+
+## Code of Conduct
+The [KDE Community Code of Conduct][kde-coc] is applied.
+
+You can reach out to the [Commmunity Working Group][community-working-group] if you have questions about the Code of Conduct or if you want to get help on solving an issue with another contributor or maintainer.
+
+## Submission Guideline
+The project follows the [Frameworks Coding Style][frameworks-style].
+
+All non-trivial patches need to go through [Phabricator reviews][phab-reviews].
+
+Commits are applied directly on top of master or a bug-fix branch and without merge commits. Larger changes must be split up into smaller logical commits each with a separate review. These reviews must be marked with Phabricator's online tools as dependent on each other.
+
+KScreen is released as part of Plasma. See the [Plasma schedule][plasma-schedule] for information on when the next new major version is released from master branch or a minor release with changes from one of the bug-fix branches.
+
+## Commit Message Guideline
+Besides the [KDE Commit Policy][commit-policy] the [Conventional Commits 1.0.0-beta.4][conventional-commits] specification is applied with the following amendments:
+
+* Only the following types are allowed:
+  * build: changes to the CMake build system, dependencies or other build-related tooling
+  * docs: documentation only changes to overall project or code
+  * feat: new feature
+  * fix: bug fix
+  * perf: performance improvement
+  * refactor: rewrite of code logic that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
+  * style: improvements to code style without logic change
+  * test: addition of a new test or correction of an existing one
+* Only the following optional scopes are allowed:
+  * kcm
+  * kded
+  * plasmoid
+* Angular's [Revert][angular-revert] and [Subject][angular-subject] policies are applied.
+* Breaking changes are supposed to be pointed out only in prose in the commit body.
+* When a commit closes a bug on [Bugzilla][bugzilla] or when the commit has an associated Phabricator review special keywords must be used in the commit body to link the respective bug or review. See [here][commit-policy-keywords] for more information on these and other possible keywords. [Arcanist][arcanist] should be used for automating usage of the review keyword.
+
+Commits deliberately ignoring this guideline will be reverted.
+
+### Example
+
+    fix(kcm): provide correct return value
+
+    For function exampleFunction the return value was incorrect.
+    Instead provide the correct value A by changing B to C.
+
+    BUG: <bug-number>
+
+    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/<review-number>
+
+## Contact
+Real-time communication about the project happens on the IRC channel `#plasma` on freenode and the bridged Matrix room `#plasma:kde.org`.
+
+Emails about the project can be sent to the [plasma-devel][plasma-devel] mailing list.
+
+[kde-coc]: https://kde.org/code-of-conduct
+[community-working-group]: https://ev.kde.org/workinggroups/cwg.php
+[frameworks-style]: https://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Frameworks_Coding_Style
+[phab-reviews]: https://phabricator.kde.org/differential
+[plasma-schedule]: https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_5
+[commit-policy]: https://community.kde.org/Policies/Commit_Policy
+[conventional-commits]: https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0-beta.4/#specification
+[angular-revert]: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/3cf2005a936bec2058610b0786dd0671dae3d358/CONTRIBUTING.md#revert
+[angular-subject]: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/3cf2005a936bec2058610b0786dd0671dae3d358/CONTRIBUTING.md#subject
+[bugzilla]: https://bugs.kde.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=KScreen
+[commit-policy-keywords]: https://community.kde.org/Policies/Commit_Policy#Special_keywords_in_GIT_and_SVN_log_messages
+[arcanist]: https://secure.phabricator.com/book/phabricator/article/arcanist
+[plasma-devel]: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
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+# KScreen
+
+KScreen is the screen management software for KDE Plasma Workspaces which tries to be as magic and automatic as possible for users with basic needs and easy to configure for those who want special setups.
+
+KScreen is part of [Plasma releases][plasma-releases].
+
+## End user
+Please contact the support channels of your Linux distribution for user support first. If you encounter a bug you can report it at our the KDE [bug tracker][bug-tracker] (first look for duplicates).
+
+## Contributing
+See the `CONTRIBUTING.md` file.
+
+[plasma-releases]: https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_5
+[bug-tracker]: https://bugs.kde.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=KScreen