From 8ce837d0b22f612cd748d3546776f24765a1b270 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Steininger, Theo (theos)" <theos@mpa-garching.mpg.de>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:09:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
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@@ -263,6 +263,19 @@ Alternatively, a private or user specific installation can be done by:
 
     pip install --user ift_nifty
 
+### Running the tests
+
+In oder to run the tests one needs two additional packages:
+
+    pip install nose
+    pip install parameterized
+    
+Afterwards the tests (including a coverage report) are run using the following 
+command in the repository root:
+    
+    nosetests --exe --cover-html
+
+
 ### First Steps
 
 For a quickstart, you can browse through the [informal
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