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If you use more than one keyboard with a similar keymap, you might see the benefit in being able to share code between them. Create your own folder in `users/` named the same as your keymap (ideally your github username, `<name>`) with the following structure:
* `/users/<name>/` (added to the path automatically)
- * `readme.md`
+ * `readme.md` (optional, recommended)
* `rules.mk` (included automatically)
* `<name>.h` (optional)
* `<name>.c` (optional)
+ * `config.h` (optional)
`<name>.c` will need to be added to the SRC in `rules.mk` like this:
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Will include the `/users/jack/` folder in the path, along with `/users/jack/rules.mk`.
+Additionally, `config.h` here will be processed like the same file in your keymap folder. This is handled separately from the `<name>.h` file.
+
+The reason for this, is that `<name>.h` won't be added in time to add settings (such as `#define TAPPING_TERM 100`), and including the `<name.h>` file in any `config.h` files will result in compile issues.
+
+So you should use the `config.h` for QMK settings, and the `<name>.h` file for user or keymap specific settings.
+
## Readme
Please include authorship (your name, github username, email), and optionally [a license that's GPL compatible](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses).
+## `Config.h`
+
+If you do add a `config,h` file, you want to make sure that it only gets processed once. So you may want to start off with something like this:
+
+```c
+#ifndef USERSPACE_CONFIG_H
+#define USERSPACE_CONFIG_H
+
+// Put normal config.h settings here:
+
+#endif // !USERSPACE_CONFIG_H
+```
+
+You can use any option hre that you could use in your keymap's `config.h` file. You can find a list of vales [here](config_options.md).
+
## Example
For a brief example, checkout `/users/_example/` , or for a more detailed examples check out [`template.h`](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/users/drashna/template.h) and [`template.c`](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/users/drashna/template.c) in `/users/drashna/` .