From 24c7645600fdb8e31097b57bad81ebc3235e85b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rfabbri <renato.fabbri@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 23:14:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add dev extras and testing instructions

---
 README.md      | 15 +++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e01e971..fc352e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ This install method is especially useful when reloading the modified module in s
 
 Every dependency is installed by default by `pip`, but you can take a look at [requirements.txt](https://github.com/ttm/music/blob/master/requirements.txt).
 
+### Testing
+
+The packages required to run the test suite are available via the `dev`
+extras defined in `pyproject.toml`.  Install them with:
+
+```console
+pip install -e '.[dev]'
+```
+
+You can then run the tests using `pytest`:
+
+```console
+pytest
+```
+
 ## Examples
 
 Inside [the examples folder](https://github.com/ttm/music/tree/master/examples) you can find some scripts that use the main features of Music.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4fbaf3e..684b31b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'sympy >= 1.12',
     'termcolor >= 2.4.0',
 ]
+optional-dependencies = { dev = ['pytest >= 8.2'] }
 classifiers = [
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
     'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',