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+# Contributing
+
+## Code style
+
+StyleCI will automatically fix code style violations in your pull requests.
+
+## Running tests
+
+### With Docker
+If you have Docker installed, simply run ./test. When you're done testing, run docker-compose down to shut down the containers.
+
+### Without Docker
+If you run the tests of this package, please make sure you don't store anything in Redis @ 127.0.0.1:6379 db#14. The contents of this database are flushed everytime the tests are run.
+
+Some tests are run only if the CI, TRAVIS and CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION environment variables are set to true. This is to avoid things like bloating your MySQL instance with test databases.