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CONTRIBUTING.md: add instructions for testing PRs #38447

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Expand Up @@ -129,3 +129,25 @@ Please abstain from temporarily closing a pull request while revising the templa

Once the reviewers have merged the pull request, our [build server](http://build.voidlinux.org) is automatically triggered and builds
all packages in the pull request for all supported platforms. Upon completion, the packages are available to all Void Linux users.

## Testing Pull Requests

While it is the responsibility of the PR creator to test changes before sending it, one person can't test all configuration options, usecases, hardware, etc.
Testing new package submissions and updates is always helpful, and is a great way to get started with contributing.
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First, [clone the repository](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages#quick-start) if you haven't done so already.
Then check out the pull request, either with `github-cli`:

$ gh pr checkout <number>

Or with `git`:

If your local void-packages repository is cloned from your fork, you may need to add the main repository as a remote first:

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git
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Then fetch and check out the PR (replacing `<remote>` with either `origin` or `upstream`):

$ git fetch <remote> pull/<number>/head:<branch-name>
$ git checkout <branch-name>

Then [build and install](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages#building-packages) the package and test its functionality.