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+The Dolphin source code contains unit tests that aim to:
+* Help find bugs when porting Dolphin to a new platform
+* Make refactoring and code changes safer by enforcing API contracts
+
+The tests are located in the ``Source/UnitTests`` directory and use the [Google Test](https://code.google.com/p/googletest/] framework.
+
+## Running tests on Windows
+
+**TODO**
+
+## Running tests on CMake-based systems (Linux / OS X)
+
+Use the ``unittests`` build target:
+
+    make unittests
+
+Each module test can also be run independently using the binaries in ``$OUTPUT_DIR/Binaries/Tests``.
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