From 903a624ea73c5966f8f00efcaa24919c146c6f98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jorg-vr <jorg.vr@live.be>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:29:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Clarify nix install method in the README

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 README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 637bfc01..b64ea5db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,9 +15,21 @@ If you use this software in research, please cite:
 ## Installing TESTed
 
 TESTed is implemented in Python, but has various dependencies for its language-specific modules.
-We only use the Python language module in this README, but see [dependencies.md](./dependencies.md) for an overview of dependencies for each of the supported programming languages.
+See [dependencies.md](./dependencies.md) for an overview of dependencies for each of the supported programming languages.
 
-Install [Python 3.11](https://www.python.org/downloads/) or later (including pip).
+### Nix installation
+The easiest way to install TESTed with all it's dependencies is using the [Nix](https://nixos.org/) package manager.
+
+Install Nix using [The Determinate Nix Installer](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer).
+Next, [clone](https://github.com/git-guides/git-clone) the TESTed repository and open a command prompt in the cloned repository.
+
+Then run `nix develop` to open a shell environment with all dependencies installed.
+The first time you run this command, it will take a while to download and build all dependencies.
+
+### Poetry installation
+If you only need the Python language module, or want to manually install a subset of the [dependencies](./dependencies.md), you can use [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/).
+
+Install [Python 3.12](https://www.python.org/downloads/) or later (including pip).
 Next, [clone](https://github.com/git-guides/git-clone) the TESTed repository and open a command prompt in the cloned repository.
 TESTed uses [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) to manage its Python dependencies.
 Now you can run the following commands to install them:
@@ -29,8 +41,7 @@ $ pip install poetry --user
 $ poetry install
 ```
 
-Those using [Nix](https://nixos.org/) can use `nix develop` to get a development environment.
-`nix run` will run TESTed.
+Running `poetry shell` will open a shell environment with all python dependencies installed.
 
 ## Running TESTed
 

From 64c9f768a6eb5b67e6f7898d5d39ff6fa97c0246 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jorg-vr <jorg.vanrenterghem@ugent.be>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:52:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Niko Strijbol <strijbol.niko@gmail.com>
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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b64ea5db..c1ad9b75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TESTed is implemented in Python, but has various dependencies for its language-s
 See [dependencies.md](./dependencies.md) for an overview of dependencies for each of the supported programming languages.
 
 ### Nix installation
-The easiest way to install TESTed with all it's dependencies is using the [Nix](https://nixos.org/) package manager.
+The easiest way to install TESTed with all its dependencies is using the [Nix](https://nixos.org/) package manager.
 
 Install Nix using [The Determinate Nix Installer](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer).
 Next, [clone](https://github.com/git-guides/git-clone) the TESTed repository and open a command prompt in the cloned repository.