diff --git a/tests/performance/README.md b/tests/performance/README.md
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+# Temp README (intended for maintainers only at this time)
+
+Run:
+
+```sh
+docker-compose -f tests/performance/docker-compose.yml up --build
+```
+
+It will build the docker container, create volumes for the local files, and will clone the real world project repo ready for experimentation.
+
+The docker container is configured to run forever, so you just need to attach a shell to it,
+
+e.g. by running
+
+```sh
+docker exec -it {{ RUNNING_CONTAINER_ID_HERE }} bash
+```
+
+Or by using the docker extension in VSCode and right clicking on the running container.
+
+Every time you make an update to the local built packages (e.g. parser or eslint-plugin), you need to rerun
+the utility script _within_ the running container.
+
+For example, you will run something like the following (where `root@a91d93f9ffc3` refers to what's running in your container):
+
+```sh
+root@a91d93f9ffc3:/usr/vega-lite# ../linked/install-local-packages.sh
+```
diff --git a/tests/performance/docker-compose.yml b/tests/performance/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  lint-real-repo:
+    build: ./fixtures/lint-real-repo
+    container_name: "lint-real-repo"
+    volumes:
+      # Runtime link to the relevant built @typescript-eslint packages and test utils,
+      # but apply an empty volume for the package tests, we don't need those.
+      - ../../package.json/:/usr/root-package.json
+      - ./utils/:/usr/utils
+      - ../../packages/parser/:/usr/parser
+      - /usr/parser/tests
+      - ../../packages/typescript-estree/:/usr/typescript-estree
+      - /usr/typescript-estree/tests
+      - ../../packages/eslint-plugin/:/usr/eslint-plugin
+      - /usr/eslint-plugin/tests
+      - ../../packages/eslint-plugin-tslint/:/usr/eslint-plugin-tslint
+      - /usr/eslint-plugin-tslint/tests
+      # Runtime link to all the specific integration test files, so that most updates don't require a rebuild.
+      - ./fixtures/lint-real-repo:/usr/linked
diff --git a/tests/performance/fixtures/lint-real-repo/Dockerfile b/tests/performance/fixtures/lint-real-repo/Dockerfile
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+FROM node:carbon
+
+WORKDIR /usr
+
+# Clone the repo and checkout the relevant commit
+RUN git clone https://github.com/typescript-eslint/vega-lite
+WORKDIR /usr/vega-lite
+RUN git checkout f1e4c1ebe50fdf3b9131ba5dde915e6efbe4bd87
+
+# Run the equivalent of the project's travis build before linting starts
+RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean
+RUN yarn build
+
+# Keep the container alive forever
+CMD [ "tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
diff --git a/tests/performance/fixtures/lint-real-repo/install-local-packages.sh b/tests/performance/fixtures/lint-real-repo/install-local-packages.sh
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+# This script should be run by attaching a shell to the running docker
+# container, and then running `../linked/install-local-packages.sh` from
+# that shell.
+#
+# Use the local volumes for our own packages
+# NOTE: You need to rerun this script every time the local packages change
+# in order to apply the changes to the node_modules of the repo under test
+yarn add @typescript-eslint/typescript-estree@file:///usr/typescript-estree
+yarn add @typescript-eslint/parser@file:///usr/parser
+yarn add @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@file:///usr/eslint-plugin