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Mention how to install master Rust in CONTRIBUTING #3201

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26 changes: 21 additions & 5 deletions CONTRIBUTING.md
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ All contributors are expected to follow the [Rust Code of Conduct](http://www.ru
* [Running test suite](#running-test-suite)
* [Testing manually](#testing-manually)
* [How Clippy works](#how-clippy-works)
* [Fixing nightly build failures](#fixing-nightly-build-failures)
* [Fixing nightly build failures](#fixing-build-failures-caused-by-rust)
* [Contributions](#contributions)

## Getting started
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -202,16 +202,30 @@ The difference between `EarlyLintPass` and `LateLintPass` is that the methods of

That's why the `else_if_without_else` example uses the `register_early_lint_pass` function. Because the [actual lint logic][else_if_without_else] does not depend on any type information.

### Fixing nightly build failures
### Fixing build failures caused by Rust

Clippy will sometimes break with new nightly version releases. This is expected because Clippy still depends on nightly Rust. Most of the times we have to adapt to the changes and only very rarely there's an actual bug in rust.
Clippy will sometimes break because it still depends on unstable internal Rust features. Most of the times we have to adapt to the changes and only very rarely there's an actual bug in Rust. Fixing build failures caused by Rust updates, can be a good way to learn about Rust internals.

In order to find out why Clippy does not work properly with a new nightly version, you can use the [rust-toolstate commit history][toolstate_commit_history].
In order to find out why Clippy does not work properly with a new Rust commit, you can use the [rust-toolstate commit history][toolstate_commit_history].
You will then have to look for the last commit that contains `test-pass -> build-fail` or `test-pass` -> `test-fail` for the `clippy-driver` component. [Here][toolstate_commit] is an example.

The commit message contains a link to the PR. The PRs are usually small enough to discover the breaking API change and if they are bigger, they likely include some discussion that may help you to fix Clippy.

Fixing nightly build failures is also a good way to learn about actual rustc internals.
To check if Clippy is available for a specific target platform, you can check
the [rustup component history][rustup_component_history].

If you decide to make Clippy work again with a Rust commit that breaks it,
you probably want to install the latest Rust from master locally and run Clippy
using that version of Rust.

You can use [rustup-toolchain-install-master][rtim] to do that:

```
cargo install rustup-toolchain-install-master
rustup-toolchain-install-master -n master --force
rustup override set master
cargo test
```

## Contributions

Expand All @@ -235,3 +249,5 @@ All code in this repository is under the [Mozilla Public License, 2.0](https://w
[late_lint_pass]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc/lint/trait.LateLintPass.html
[toolstate_commit_history]: https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-toolstate/commits/master
[toolstate_commit]: https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-toolstate/commit/6ce0459f6bfa7c528ae1886492a3e0b5ef0ee547
[rtim]: https://github.com/kennytm/rustup-toolchain-install-master
[rustup_component_history]: https://mexus.github.io/rustup-components-history