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 We test our images using `pytest` module.
 
+`conftest.py` and `pytest.ini` in the root of our repository define the environment in which tests are run.
+More info on pytest can be found [here](https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/index.html).
+
 There are two kinds of tests we use:
 
 - General tests - these are located in [this](https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/blob/master/test) folder