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+Developers documentation 
+------------------------
+
+This directory holds information that you will find useful if you
+develop a GIMP plug-in or want to work on the GIMP core.
+
+See https://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Main_Page for more information.
+
+   app                     - setup for documentation of the GIMP core;
+                             not built by default since it is huge and
+                             only relevant for core developers
+
+   libgimp
+   libgimpbase
+   libgimpcolor
+   libgimpconfig
+   libgimpmath
+   libgimpmodule
+   libgimpthumb
+   libgimpwidgets          - complete libgimp documentation generated from
+                             the source; see README.gtkdoc
+
+   tools                   - the source code for tools used to generate
+                             documentation
+
+
+
+   gitlab-milestones.txt   - describes how the GIMP project uses
+                             milestones in the GNOME gitlab issue tracker
+   commit-rules.txt        - describes rules and things to think
+                             about when creating GIMP commits
+   contexts.txt            - describes how GimpContexts are used in GIMP
+   debug-plug-ins.txt      - how to debug GIMP plug-ins
+   exif-handling.txt       - how GIMP should handle EXIF data
+   includes.txt            - the policy for inclusion of header files
+   parasites.txt           - descriptions of known parasites
+   release-howto.txt       - a check-list for doing a GIMP release
+   submitting-patches.txt  - how to submit a patch for GIMP
+   tagging.txt             - how resource tagging in Gimp works
+   ui-framework.txt        - describes how the GIMP UI framework functions and
+                             how it is implemented
+   undo.txt                - description of the undo system
+
+
+   structure.xml           - a DocBook article that gives an overview on
+                             the directory structure of the GIMP source tree,
+                             also check out gimp-module-dependencies.svg
+
+
+   gbr.txt                 - description of the GBR format used to store
+                             pixmap brushes
+   ggr.txt                 - description of the GGR format used to store
+                             GIMP gradients
+   gih.txt                 - description of the GIH format used to store a
+                             series of pixmap brushes
+   gpb.txt                 - OBSOLETE: description of the GPB format for
+                             pixmap brushes
+   pat.txt                 - description of the PAT format for patterns
+   vbr.txt                 - description of VBR format used for
+                             "generated" brushes
+   xcf.txt                 - description of Gimp's XCF format