diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+dump.rdb
+
+/*.egg-info
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# WARNING: DON'T USE THIS IN PRODUCTION (yet)
+
+# rq — Simple job queues for Python
+
+**rq** is an attempt at a lightweight Python job queue, using Redis as the
+queue provider.
+
+
+### Installation
+
+Simply use the following command to install the latest released version:
+
+    pip install rq
+
+If you want the cutting edge version (that may well be broken), use this:
+
+    pip install -e git+git@github.com:nvie/rq.git@master#egg=rdb
+
diff --git a/run_tests b/run_tests
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+#!/bin/sh
+check_redis_running() {
+    redis-cli echo "just checking" > /dev/null
+    return $?
+}
+
+if check_redis_running; then
+    /usr/bin/env python -m unittest discover -v -s tests $@ 2>&1 | egrep -v '^test_'
+else
+    echo "Redis not running." >&2
+    return 2
+fi
diff --git a/tests/test_rq.py b/tests/test_rq.py
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+import unittest
+from blinker import signal
+from redis import Redis
+
+testconn = Redis()
+
+class RQTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(RQTestCase, self).setUp()
+        testconn.flushdb()
+        signal('setup').send(self)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        signal('teardown').send(self)
+        testconn.flushdb()
+        super(RQTestCase, self).tearDown()
+
+
+class TestRQ(RQTestCase):
+    def test_math(self):
+        assert 1 + 2 == 3
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()