diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43937e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.html
+*.out
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 167dc81..c988253 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -438,6 +438,12 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
+## Testing
+
+```sh
+go test -v -coverprofile coverage.out && go tool cover -html coverage.out -o coverage.html
+```
+
 ## Performance
 
 See [tidwall/btree-benchmark](https://github.com/tidwall/btree-benchmark) for benchmark numbers.
diff --git a/btreeg_test.go b/btreeg_test.go
index cf61aa9..b11dc69 100644
--- a/btreeg_test.go
+++ b/btreeg_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ func kindsAreEqual(a, b []testKind) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func TestDegreeToMinMax(t *testing.T) {
+	if min, max := degreeToMinMax(1); min != 1 || max != 3 {
+		panic("mismatch")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGenericMakeItemOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	tr := testNewBTree()
 	ints := []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 20, 30, 40, 100, 200, 300, 400}