Add a note about testing out-of-tree builds

* CONTRIBUTE: Ask contributors to test out-of-tree builds when
making build system changes.

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 2d70c4916ca14fc0d8659519db00025bc2db4b66..023d026a6c64d8848af74c5c295b74837188e668 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ top-level directory.  Most tests are in the directory "test/".  From
 the "test/" directory, run "make <filename>" to run the tests for
 <filename>.el(c).  See "test/README" for more information.
 
+If you're making changes that involve the Emacs build system, please
+test 'out-of-tree' builds as well, i.e.:
+
+    mkdir emacs-build
+    cd emacs-build
+    ../path-to-emacs-sources/configure
+    make
+
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