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+How to add unit test
+====================
+
+Unit test brings some advantages, briefly, we can list some of them (reference
+[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing)):
+
+* Tests reduce bugs in new features;
+* Tests reduce bugs in existing features;
+* Tests are good documentation;
+* Tests reduce the cost of change;
+* Tests allow refactoring;
+
+With those advantages in mind, it was required to choose a framework which fits
+well with C/C++ code.  Hence, it was chosen (google test)
+[https://github.com/google/googletest], because it is largely used and it is
+relatively easy learn.
+
+Install and configure google test (manually)
+--------------------------------------------
+
+In this section, you will see a brief description of how to install google
+test. However, it is strongly recommended that you take a look to the official
+repository (https://github.com/google/googletest) and refers to that if you
+have any problem to install it. Follow the steps below:
+
+* Install: cmake and pthread
+* Clone google test project from: https://github.com/google/googletest and
+  enter in the project directory
+* Inside project directory, type:
+
+```
+cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON .
+make
+```
+
+* After compilation, copy all "*.so" inside directory "googlemock" and
+  "googlemock/gtest" to "/usr/lib/"
+* Done! Now you can compile your tests.
+
+If you have any problem, go to the official repository to find help.
+
+Ps.: Some distros already have googletest packed. If your distro supports it,
+you can use it instead of compile.
+
+Create new unit test
+--------------------
+
+If you want to add new unit tests for Yosys, just follow the steps below:
+
+* Go to directory "yosys/test/unit/"
+* In this directory you can find something similar Yosys's directory structure.
+  To create your unit test file you have to follow this pattern:
+  fileNameToImplementUnitTest + Test.cc. E.g.: if you want to implement the
+  unit test for kernel/celledges.cc, you will need to create a file like this:
+  tests/unit/kernel/celledgesTest.cc;
+* Implement your unit test
+
+Run unit test
+-------------
+
+To compile and run all unit tests, just go to yosys root directory and type:
+```
+make unit-test
+```
+
+If you want to remove all unit test files, type:
+```
+make clean-unit-test
+```