\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}

% =====================================================================
% latex packages to use
\usepackage{graphicx}       % Required for inserting images
\usepackage{longtable}      % Tables that can overflow pages
\usepackage{setspace}       % for more spacing control
\usepackage{geometry}       % for margin control
\usepackage{tabularx}       % extension of tabular environment that allows dynamic widths
\usepackage{hyperref}       % for referecing stuff
\usepackage{fancyhdr}       % fancy headers
\usepackage{import}         % advanced document import
\usepackage{pdfpages}       % include multipage pdf documents
\usepackage{tikz}           % graphics, diagrams, logic
\usepackage{imakeidx}       % inhaltsverzeichnis
\usepackage{nomencl}        % nomenclature
\usepackage{acro}           % acronyms
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel} % german language support
\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption} % make caption title fat
\usepackage{wrapfig}        % for figures wrapping text wraps around
\usepackage{minted}         % highlighted code blocks
\usepackage[toc,style=altlist]{glossaries}
\usepackage{tocloft}        % control over the typography of the Table of Contents, etc.
\usepackage{listings}       % code listings
\usepackage{color}          % more colors
\usepackage{tikz}           % painting
\usepackage{tikz-imagelabels} % overlay labels for images 

\makeindex
\makenomenclature
\makeglossaries

% include acronym definitions
\input{acros}
\input{glossary}
% include file with fixes and workaround
% as well as special settings
\input{extra/fixes}

\begin{document}

    % =====================================================================
    % include configuration files
    \include{config/author}  % meta information about author 
    \include{config/pages}   % set page configuration
    \include{config/minted}  % set minted configuration
    
    \input{extra/utils}  % some utility stuff
    
    % =====================================================================
    % meta pages will have roman line numbering
    \pagenumbering{Roman}
    
    % include documents in the directory pages/
    \include{pages/page-01-title}
    \include{pages/page-02-indipendence-declaration}
    \include{pages/page-03-lock-notice}
    \include{pages/page-04-abstract}
    \include{pages/page-05-summary}
    \include{pages/page-06-preface}
    \include{pages/page-07-indices}

    % =====================================================================
    % chapter
    \pagenumbering{arabic}

    % add section title to header
    \pagestyle{fancy}
    \fancyhead[L]{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}  
    % include all used chapters
    \input{pages/page-08-chapter}

\end{document}