diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7abb4594e65..51ce0dd90ce 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+# Introduction
+
+GRASS GIS is written in more than one programming language. While most
+of the source code is written in C, about 30% is written in Python. A
+compiler is needed to convert the C/C++ source code into executable
+files ("binaries"). In contrast, Python is an interpreted language that
+can only be executed with Python software.
+
+Now, in order to create an installable binary package from a source
+code package, the so-called "compilation step" is required. While the
+source code consists of thousands of C and Python files (plus HTML
+documentation), the included "makefiles" tell the build system to
+generate binaries from the source code in the correct order, render the
+manual pages, etc.
+
+The way to install the compiler tools and Python depends on the operating
+system. To make this easier, we have collected copy-paste instructions
+for most operating systems in our wiki:
+
+[Compile and install instructions](https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install)
+
 # Contributing
 
 There is more than one way of contributing to GRASS GIS.
diff --git a/docker/alpine/Dockerfile b/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
index b6dbebf6666..5b4cee43faf 100644
--- a/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -189,6 +189,44 @@ RUN ./configure \
 
 FROM common as grass
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD:docker/alpine/Dockerfile
+=======
+ENV LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
+
+# Copy GRASS GIS from build image
+COPY --from=build /usr/local/bin/grass /usr/local/bin/grass
+COPY --from=build /usr/local/grass* /usr/local/grass/
+# pip 20.0.0 fix
+RUN apk add curl && curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py && python3 get-pip.py pip==20.0.2 && rm get-pip.py
+
+# install external Python API
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade grass-session
+
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/grass /usr/local/grass7
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/grass `grass --config path`
+RUN grass --tmp-location EPSG:4326 --exec g.version -rge && \
+    pdal --version && \
+    python3 --version
+
+
+FROM grass as test
+
+RUN apk add make gcc
+
+## run simple LAZ test
+COPY docker/testdata/simple.laz /tmp/simple.laz
+COPY docker/testdata/test_grass_session.py /scripts/test_grass_session.py
+ENV GRASSBIN=grass
+RUN grass --tmp-location EPSG:4326 --exec g.extension extension=r.in.pdal
+RUN /usr/bin/python3 /scripts/test_grass_session.py
+
+# Test addon installation
+RUN grass --tmp-location EPSG:4326 --exec g.extension extension=r.learn.ml
+
+
+FROM grass as final
+
+>>>>>>> e526e86235 (Dockerfile_alpine: fix broken pip six installation (#1568)):docker/alpine/Dockerfile_alpine
 # GRASS GIS specific
 # allow work with MAPSETs that are not owned by current user
 ENV GRASS_SKIP_MAPSET_OWNER_CHECK=1 \