From 15ceaa52715f7af4bc0c65f9141a55b836cc9f6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oclyke <oclyke@oclyke.dev>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:23:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs(README.md): add basic contributing guide

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 README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4df8eb..9ad69d7 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -199,3 +199,23 @@ table = client.query(
 print(table.to_pandas())
 ```
 You may also include your own root certificate via this manor aswell.
+
+# Contributing
+
+Tests are run using `pytest`.
+
+```bash
+# Clone the repository
+git clone https://github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-python
+cd influxdb3-python
+
+# Create a virtual environment and activate it
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+# Install the package and its dependencies
+pip install -e .[pandas,polars,dataframe,test]
+
+# Run the tests
+python -m pytest .
+```