From 9c2732d6d9949895f29f0008f287c60fa7576d99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdtanker <matt.d.tankersley@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:46:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add testing instructions to contrib guide

---
 .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 99570131..429d2955 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ Use pytest to run the unit checks and generate coverage reports:
 make test
 ```
 
+To test just one of the modules:
+
+```
+pytest tests/test_<MODULE>.py
+```
+
+To test just one function:
+
+```
+pytest tests/test_<MODULE>.py::<FUNCTION>
+```
+
 # Formatting
 
 Use the Makefile commands to locally format and check the code with `ruff` and