docs: Add a note about how to run tests

[patchwork] / docs / HACKING

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@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ It's always a good idea to use virtualenv to develop python software.
    Because we're going to recompile our dependencies, we'll also need
    development headers:
 
-   - For the MySQL/MariaDB setups: mariadb-devel (Fedora)
+   - For the MySQL/MariaDB setups: mariadb-devel (Fedora), libmysqlclient-dev
+     (Debian)
 
 2. Create a new virtual environement. Virtual environments are "instances" of
    your system python, without any of the extra python packages installed.
@@ -50,3 +51,19 @@ It's always a good idea to use virtualenv to develop python software.
 
    (django-1.7)$ deactivate
    $
+
+
+== Running tests
+
+- To run all tests:
+
+  $ ./manage.py test
+
+- To run all test methods (methods which name starts with 'test') of a TestCase
+  subclass:
+
+  $ ./manage.py test patchwork.tests.SubjectCleanUpTest
+
+- To run a single test:
+
+  $ ./manage.py test patchwork.tests.SubjectCleanUpTest.testSubjectCleanup