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+## Quick start (running tests)
+
+1. To run a particular test file:
+```bash
+make tests TESTS=indent/c_spec.lua
+```
+2. To run all the tests, you will need to install all language parsers. Run `make parsers` to install them into `.test-deps/nvim-{os}-{arch}/share`. This could take some time.
+
+Then, to run all query tests:
+```bash
+make tests TESTS=query
+```
+
+To run all indent tests:
+```bash
+make tests TESTS=indent
+```