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Merge pull request #203 from dylanmtaylor/patch-10 

DOCS: How to test a commit from a live image
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# Testing
## Using a Live ISO Image
If you want to test a commit, branch or bleeding edge release from the repository using the vanilla Arch Live ISO image, you can replace the version of archinstall with a new version and run that with the steps described below.
1. You need a working network connection
2. Install the build requirements with `pacman -Sy; pacman -S git python-pip`
*(note that this may or may not work depending on your RAM and current state of the squashfs maximum filesystem free space)*
3. Uninstall the previous version of archinstall with `pip uninstall archinstall`
4. Now clone the latest repository with `git clone https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall`
5. Enter the repository with `cd archinstall`
*At this stage, you can choose to check out a feature branch for instance with `git checkout torxed-v2.2.0`*
6. Build the project and install it using `python setup.py install`
After this, running archinstall with `python -m archinstall` will run against whatever branch you chose in step 5.
## Without a Live ISO Image
To test this without a live ISO, the simplest approach is to use a local image and create a loop device.<br>
This can be done by installing `pacman -S arch-install-scripts util-linux` locally and doing the following: