From af214bacb3798b06f623df7b2b7a9b1cdd1fab21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vandy Liu <vandy.liu@astronomer.io>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 00:22:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update readme

---
 .gitignore |  1 +
 README.md  | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6420f248..e007ae45 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ website/vendor
 examples/main.tf
 test_results
 vendor/
+.terraformrc
 
 # Test exclusions
 !command/test-fixtures/**/*.tfstate
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9759acd8..1b71f34b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ In order to run the full suite of Acceptance tests, run `make testacc`.
 
 *Note:* Acceptance tests create real resources, and often cost money to run.
 
+To run terraform with the provider, create a `.terraformrc` file in your home directory with the following content to override the provider installation with the local build:
+
+```hcl
+provider_installation {
+  dev_overrides {
+    "registry.terraform.io/astronomer/astronomer" = "~/astronomer/astronomer-terraform-provider/bin" # Path to the provider binary
+  }
+direct {}
+}
+```
+
+
 ```shell
 make testacc
 ```