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 # eLife python project POC
+
 The purpose of this project is to create a template for other python projects.
 
-The idea is to create a list of guidelines that all projects try should follow. 
+The idea is to create a list of guidelines that all projects try should follow.
 This should help to standardise projects and make them easy to use and contribute to.
 
 Ideally repositories should:
- - have a basic description about its purpose/function
- - be easy to run
- - be easy to test
- - be easy to debug
- - be containerised
- - be tidy (minimal amount of files in project root)
 
+- have a basic description about its purpose/function
+- be easy to run
+- be easy to test
+- be easy to debug
+- be containerised
+- be tidy (minimal amount of files in project root)
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-* [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)
+- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)
 
 ## Getting started
+
 This project provides a `Makefile` with short commands to run common tasks.
 
 ```bash
 make help
 ```
+
 Run this for a full list of commands.
 
 ```bash
 make start
 ```
+
 This command will build and/or run the site locally configured for development purposes.
 
 ```bash
 make stop
 ```
+
 Use this command to stop containers and clean up any anonymous volumes.
 
 ## Running the tests
+
 ```bash
 make tests
 ```
+
 Use this command to run unit tests.
 
 ```bash
 make checks
 ```
+
 Use this command to run static checks such as: mypy, flake8, pylint.
 
 ```bash
 make all-tests
 ```
+
 Combines the two commands above by running all checks followed by unit tests
 
 ## Adding and removing dependencies
 
 The following commands update files that keep track of project dependencies.
+
 ```bash
 make build
 ```
+
 Run this if you would like to persist changes to dependencies to your docker container.
 
 ```bash
@@ -68,26 +79,31 @@ make dependency package=flask
 make dependency package=flask==1.0.2
 make dev-dependency package=pytest
 ```
-Run either of these commands to add a python package as a project dependency or 
-development dependency alike. You can specify just the package name to get the 
+
+Run either of these commands to add a python package as a project dependency or
+development dependency alike. You can specify just the package name to get the
 latest version or specify a specific version number.
 
 ```bash
 make remove-dependency package=<package name>
 make remove-dev-dependency package=<package name>
 ```
+
 Run either of these commands to remove dependencies accordingly.
 
 ## Other useful commands
+
 ```bash
 make run
 ```
+
 Use this command to only run the python service.
 It is possible to use pdb breakpoints with this configuration.
 
 ```bash
 make shell
 ```
+
 Use this to run the python container that would run the application and enter a
 bash prompt.
 
@@ -96,11 +112,13 @@ make dependency-tree
 # or
 make d-tree
 ```
+
 Use this to display a dependency tree
 
 ```bash
 make fix-imports
 ```
+
 When checks are run warnings are displayed because imports do not follow the
 project conventions as specified in `setup.cfg` under `[isort]`.
 Use this command to automatically fix imports for all project python files.
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