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+# Inkscape Extension Tests
+
+This folder contains tests for the Inkscape extensions and libraries in this
+repo.
+
+Pytest and Pytest-Coverage are required to run tests.   Usually the best way to install it is:
+
+More info here: https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/getting-started.html
+
+```shell
+$ # Python 2
+$ pip install pytest pytest-cov
+
+$ # Python 3
+$ pip3 install pytest pytest-cov
+```
+
+To run all tests:
+
+```shell
+# In the top-level directory of the extensions repo:
+$ python2 -m pytest
+$ python3 -m pytest
+```
+
+To run the tests in a specific file (in this case,
+`tests/test_color_blackandwhite.py`):
+
+```shell
+# In the top-level directory of the extensions repo:
+$ python2 -m pytest tests/test_color_blackandwhite.py
+$ python3 -m pytest tests/test_color_blackandwhite.py
+```