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+This is a testsuite for Haddock that uses the concept of "golden files". That
+is, it compares output files against a set of reference files.
+
+To add a new test: 
+
+ 1) Create a module in the "tests" directory.
+
+ 2) Run runtests.hs. You should now have output/<modulename>.html. The test
+    passes since there is no reference file to compare with.
+
+ 3) To make a reference file from the output file, do
+      runhaskell copy.hs <modulename>
+
+Tips and tricks:
+
+You can
+  runhaskell copy.hs
+
+to copy all output files into reference files.
+
+You can
+  runhaskell runtests.hs all
+
+to continue despite a failing test.
+
+You can pass extra options to haddock like so
+  runhaskell runtests.hs --xhtml all