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+# How to contribute to this project.
+
+## Install the 'dev' dependencies
+
+Please install the 'dev' dependencies, which contains the tools for linting, testing, and building the project (see pyproject.toml for details).
+
+```bash
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+```