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+# skyline-rs-template
+
+A template for writing skyline plugins for modding switch games using Rust and skyline-rs.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+* [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html) - make sure rustup, cargo, and rustc (preferrably nightly) are installed.
+* [git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)
+
+## Setup
+
+1. Install linkle and my fork of Xargo:
+```sh
+  # Install linkle
+  cargo install --features=binaries --git https://github.com/MegatonHammer/linkle
+
+  # Install Xargo
+  cargo install --force --git https://github.com/jam1garner/xargo.git
+```
+2. Make a folder for you to store all of your plugins
+```
+mkdir plugins
+cd plugins
+```
+3. Within your plugins folder, clone [rust-std-skyline-squashed](https://github.com/jam1garner/rust-std-skyline-squashed)
+```sh
+# Make sure you are inside of your plugins folder
+git clone https://github.com/jam1garner/rust-std-skyline-squashed
+```
+Note: you only have to clone the `std` once to be shared between every plugin in the folder.
+
+## Creating and building a plugin
+
+1. From within the same folder as where you cloned `rust-std-skyline-squashed` clone this repo and rename it to match the
+name of your plugin. To clone and rename all at once, use:
+```
+git clone https://github.com/jam1garner/skyline-rs-template [name of plugin]
+```
+2. Make sure you're inside the folder for your plugin:
+```sh
+cd [name of plugin]
+```
+3. There's a few places you'll need to rename your plugin. First in `Cargo.toml` near the top, change
+```
+name = "skyline-rs-template"
+```
+To a name suitable for your plugin. Next, go into `src/lib.rs` and edit the following line:
+```rust
+#[skyline::main(name = "module_name_test")]
+```
+to reflect what you want your module to be named on your console.
+
+4. Lastly, to compile your plugin use the following command in the root of the project (beside the `Cargo.toml` file):
+```sh
+cargo nro
+```
+Your resulting plugin will be the `.nro` found in the folder ```
+[plugin name]/target/aarch64-skyline-switch
+```
+To install (you must already have skyline installed on your switch), put the plugin on your SD at:
+```
+sd:/atmosphere/contents/[title id]/romfs/skyline/plugins
+```
+So, for example, smash plugins go in the following folder: ```
+sd:/atmosphere/contents/01006A800016E000/romfs/skyline/plugins
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+**"Cannot be used on stable"**
+
+First, make sure you have a nightly installed: ```
+rustup install nightly
+```
+Second, make sure it is your default channel: ```
+rustup default nightly
+```
+---
+```
+thread 'main' panicked at 'called `Option::unwrap()` on a `None` value', src/bin/cargo-nro.rs:280:13
+note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
+```
+
+Make sure you are *inside* the root of the plugin you created before running `cargo nro`
+
+Have a problem/solution that is missing here? Create an issue or a PR!
+
+## Updating
+
+For updating your dependencies such as skyline-rs:
+
+```
+cargo update
+```
+
+For updating your version of `rust-std-skyline-squashed`:
+
+```
+# From inside your plugins folder
+
+rm -rf && git clone https://github.com/jam1garner/rust-std-skyline-squashed
+```