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+[distutils]
+index_servers =
+    private-gitea
+
+[private-gitea]
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/instruction_test.py b/tests/unit-tests/instruction_test.py
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+# content of test_sample.py
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+import pytest
+import docktoranalyzer
+import docktoranalyzer.dockerfile
+from docktoranalyzer.dockerfile.docker_constants import DockerConstants
+from docktoranalyzer.dockerfile.dockerfile_parser import DockerFileParser
+
+#  TODO: use a glob to take files and rege
+@pytest.fixture
+def docker_file_arrays():
+
+    #  I need to count one stage over to account for instructions
+    #   the first FROM
+    return [
+        {"path": "./assets/dockerfiles/binary.dockerfile", "stages": 2},
+        {"path": "./assets/dockerfiles/crypto.dockerfile", "stages": 2},
+        {"path": "./assets/dockerfiles/web.dockerfile", "stages": 3},
+        {"path": "./assets/dockerfiles/with-chunks.dockerfile", "stages": 3},
+    ]
+
+
+#  TODO: Make tests for regex
+
+
+def test_dockerfile_parser(docker_file_arrays):
+
+    for docker_file_info in docker_file_arrays:
+
+        docker_path = docker_file_info["path"]
+        actual_stages = docker_file_info["stages"]
+
+        docker = DockerFileParser.dockerfile_factory(Path(docker_path))
+
+        assert len(docker.stages) == actual_stages