From af7e08af0db7ba558f99f4d21dc847da07a6746a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dh00601 <dh00601@surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:25:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updated readme

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 README.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ Make sure that with every change/recompilation you make in `binary_c`, you also
 ## Documentation
 Look in the docs/ directory. Within the build/html/ there is the html version of the documentation. The 
 
+## Development:
+If you want to contribute to the code, then it is recommended that you install the packages in `development_requirements.txt`:
+
+```
+pip install -r development_requirements.txt
+```
+
 ## FAQ/Issues:
 Building issues with binary_c itself: 
 - see the documentation of binary_c (in doc/). 
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