add info to BUILDING.txt how to contribute

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@ -55,13 +55,26 @@ NOTE: This has not been fully tested in non-Windows environments
yet, so we don't have instructions for that yet. yet, so we don't have instructions for that yet.
4) Compile Autopsy 4) Get Autopsy source.
4a) using Netbeans IDE: 4a) If you are not planning to contribute to Autopsy development, clone a read-only repository:
git clone https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy.git
4b) if you plan to contribute and submit patches, login to Github and create your own Autopsy fork.
Then, clone your fork and work on that source-tree:
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/autopsy.git
You will be able to submit patches by committing and pushing changes to your fork
and by submitting pull requests to the main Autopsy repository.
5) Compile Autopsy
5a) using Netbeans IDE:
- Start NetBeans IDE and open the Autopsy project. - Start NetBeans IDE and open the Autopsy project.
- Choose to build the Autopsy project / module. It is the highest - Choose to build the Autopsy project / module. It is the highest
level project that will then cause the other modules to be compiled. level project that will then cause the other modules to be compiled.
4b) without Netbeans IDE (requires JDK and ant >= 1.7.1): 5b) without Netbeans IDE (requires JDK and ant >= 1.7.1):
- from root directory of Autopsy source execute: - from root directory of Autopsy source execute:
ant build ant build
(to build Autopsy) (to build Autopsy)