diff --git a/test/generate_basic_repo.sh b/test/generate_basic_repo.sh
index e7f567a23..385ea8520 100755
--- a/test/generate_basic_repo.sh
+++ b/test/generate_basic_repo.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # this script will make a repo with a master and develop branch, where we end up
 # on the master branch and if we try and merge master we get a merge conflict
 
+# call this command from the test directory:
+# ./generate_basic_repo.sh; cd testrepo; gg; cd ..
+
 # -e means exit if something fails
 # -x means print out simple commands before running them
 set -ex