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From: GeneratedUserFJ839 <nachumnazarian16@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 20:23:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add quick build and test snippet to README
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Adds a small “quick build and test” snippet showing make geth and go test ./... to help contributors validate changes locally
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 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 639286ba9f..60576eadf3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,17 @@ or, to build the full suite of utilities:
 ```shell
 make all
 ```
+### Quick build and test
 
+For a minimal local verification of your build:
+
+```bash
+# Build the main geth binary
+make geth
+
+# Run the basic Go test suite
+go test ./...
+```
 ## Executables
 
 The go-ethereum project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the `cmd`