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 to add meaningful commit messages.
 
 ### Create environment
-Make sure to have conda installed and ready, then create a new environment using the ``environment.yml``
+Make sure to have conda installed and ready, then create a new environment using the ``environment.yaml``
 file provided in the root of the repository and activate it:
 
 ```bash