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Simplify installation instruction in contributing file (#87460)

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Simplification of one of the installation instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md that I found tricky to parse at first.

Also adds a link to the "Make no-op build fast" section to make it easier to navigate to.

Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/87460
Approved by: https://github.com/ngimel
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Cameron Voisey 2022-10-26 21:34:13 +00:00 committed by PyTorch MergeBot
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@ -118,21 +118,9 @@ git submodule sync --recursive
git submodule update --init --recursive --jobs 0 git submodule update --init --recursive --jobs 0
``` ```
If you want to have no-op incremental rebuilds (which are fast), see the section below titled "Make no-op build fast." If you want to have no-op incremental rebuilds (which are fast), see [Make no-op build fast](#make-no-op-build-fast) below.
3. Follow the instructions for [installing PyTorch from source](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch#from-source), except when it's time to install PyTorch instead of invoking `setup.py install` you'll want to call `setup.py develop` instead: 3. Follow the instructions for [installing PyTorch from source](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch#from-source), but instead of installing PyTorch via `python setup.py install`, use `python setup.py develop`.
Specifically, the change you have to make is to replace
```bash
python setup.py install
```
with
```bash
python setup.py develop
```
This mode will symlink the Python files from the current local source This mode will symlink the Python files from the current local source
tree into the Python install. This way when you modify a Python file, you tree into the Python install. This way when you modify a Python file, you