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docs: improve CONTRIBUTING.md to more closely match CI execution #963

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docs: improve CONTRIBUTING.md with stricter CI check commands
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Remove unnecessary check after `cargo fmt` instructions
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Expand Up @@ -37,17 +37,25 @@ Before submitting a PR make sure to run:
- for formatting

```shell
cargo fmt --all
cargo fmt --all -- --check
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- the clippy lints
- the clippy lints (with warnings treated as errors)

```shell
cargo clippy
cargo clippy --all-targets --all -- -D warnings
```

- the test suite

```shell
cargo test
cargo test --all
```

- the lockfile check

```shell
cargo check --locked --all-targets --all
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Not sure how many times that is actually relevant? Have you run into that failing?

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hi @sholderbach thanks for the feedback! I think i was a bit thrown off by the github actions CI calling this command, as parity with CI was the priority for this PR. It seems like clippy covers this behavior (checking that Cargo.lock matches Cargo.toml) and so i've edited the instructions with some consolidated commands and clarifying notes. While I believe this should cover things as far as matching CI, I wonder if some of the steps in the gh workflow can be consolidated?

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Note: CI runs these checks across multiple feature combinations (`bashisms`, `sqlite`, `external_printer`, etc.), so you may want to test with the features relevant to your changes using the `--features` flag.