[qa] Extend README.md

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### Automated Testing
Developers are strongly encouraged to write unit tests for new code, and to
submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests can be compiled and run (assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check`
submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests can be compiled and run
(assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check`
There are also regression and integration tests of the RPC interface, written
There are also [regression and integration tests](/qa) of the RPC interface, written
in Python, that are run automatically on the build server.
These tests can be run with: `qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py`

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Notes
=====
The [pull-tester](/qa/pull-tester/) folder contains a script to call
multiple tests from the [rpc-tests](/qa/rpc-tests/) folder.
Every pull request to the bitcoin repository is built and run through
the regression test suite. You can also run all or only individual
tests locally.
Running tests
=============
You can run any single test by calling `qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py <testname>`.
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Write tested RPC commands into this directory
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If you set the environment variable `PYTHON_DEBUG=1` you will get some debug output (example: `PYTHON_DEBUG=1 qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py wallet`).
If you set the environment variable `PYTHON_DEBUG=1` you will get some debug
output (example: `PYTHON_DEBUG=1 qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py wallet`).
A 200-block -regtest blockchain and wallets for four nodes
is created the first time a regression test is run and
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killall bitcoind
```
Writing tests
=============
You are encouraged to write tests for new or existing features.
Further information about the test framework and individual rpc
tests is found in [qa/rpc-tests/README.md](/qa/rpc-tests/README.md).
tests is found in [qa/rpc-tests](/qa/rpc-tests).