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 **Note:** these external patches are user-submitted content, and the authors of dwl cannot monitor them.  Please download and review a patch before using it!
 
-* [toggle-layout-immediately](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/master...guidocella:toggle-layout-immediately.patch): configure a default "previous" layout for `setlayout({0})` to switch back to
-* [pointerConstraints](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/master...bonicgamer:pointerConstraints.patch): basic pointer constraints (note that most of the code was copied from Sways code base and currently does not work with different window positions because I am dumb)
+<!-- please keep the patch list in alphabetical order by name, thanks! -->
 * [pertag](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/master...Bonicgamer:pertag.patch): A very slightly modified version of dwm's pertag patch
-* [swallow](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/master...Bonicgamer:swallowing.patch): Terminals swallow windows that they are the parent of (does not work with xwayland clients or whatever they're called) | Updated: About 2m after putting up the patch
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+* [pointerConstraints](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/master...bonicgamer:pointerConstraints.patch): basic pointer constraints (note that most of the code was copied from Sways code base and currently does not work with different window positions because I am dumb)
+* [swallow](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/master...Bonicgamer:swallowing.patch): Terminals swallow windows that they are the parent of (does not work with xwayland clients or whatever they're called) | Updated: About 2m after putting up the patch
+* [toggle-layout-immediately](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/master...guidocella:toggle-layout-immediately.patch): configure a default "previous" layout for `setlayout({0})` to switch back to
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