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+# The Black Star File System
+
+The Black Star File System (BSFS) is a semantic file system, meaning that it organizes files
+by association, and can record files, their metadata and content in a structured manner.
+
+
+## Installation
+
+You can install BSFS via pip:
+
+    $ pip install --extra-index-url https://pip.bsfs.io bsfs
+
+
+## Development
+
+Set up a virtual environment:
+
+    $ virtualenv env
+    $ source env/bin/activate
+
+Install bsfs as editable from the git repository:
+
+    $ git clone https://git.bsfs.io/bsfs.git
+    $ cd bsfs
+    $ pip install -e .
+
+If you want to develop (*dev*), run the tests (*test*), edit the 
+documentation (*doc*), or build a distributable (*build*),
+install bsfs with the respective extras:
+
+    $ pip install -e .[dev,doc,build,test]
+
+Or, you can manually install the following packages besides BSFS:
+
+    $ pip install coverage mypy pylint
+    $ pip install sphinx sphinx-copybutton furo
+    $ pip install build
+
+To ensure code style discipline, run the following commands:
+
+    $ coverage run ; coverage html ; xdg-open .htmlcov/index.html
+    $ pylint bsfs
+    $ mypy
+
+To build the package, do:
+
+    $ python -m build
+
+To run only the tests (without coverage), run the following command from the **test folder**:
+
+    $ python -m unittest
+
+To build the documentation, run the following commands from the **doc folder**:
+
+    $ sphinx-apidoc -f -o source/api ../bsfs/ --module-first -d 1 --separate
+    $ make html
+    $ xdg-open build/html/index.html
+