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+# python
+*env*/
+
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+# Contributing to Sunshine Docs
+
+Please read the [organizational level contribution](https://docs.lizardbyte.dev/en/latest/developers/contributing.html) docs first.
+
+## Local Dev Environment
+
+### Prerequisites
+Install the following (latest versions should be fine):
+* python
+* doxygen
+
+### Setup
+1. cd into `docs`
+1. Create a python virtual environment with: `python -m venv <name_of_env>`. This will store the python dependencies for generating the sphinx documentation.
+2. Activate the environment with `./<name_of_env>/bin/activate`
+3. Install python dependencies with `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+
+### Generating Documentation
+Execute `make html` to generate html documentation into `docs/builds`
+