[Lucene-java Wiki] Update of "HowToContribute" by SteveRowe

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  Since running all test cases can take some time, after any change try running a previously failing single test case first.
  
+ ==== Pre-commit check ====
+ 
+ Before constructing your patch, please run the top-level pre-commit check, which
+ finds problems like tabs and @author tags in source files, broken links in
+ javadocs, files not controlled by Subversion (a.k.a. "unversioned files"), etc.
+ 
+ To run the pre-commit checks from ant, run the following from the top-level directory
+ -- the directory containing {{{lucene/}}} and {{{solr/}}} -- in your working copy:
+ 
+ {{{
+ ant precommit
+ }}}
+ 
  ==== Creating a patch ====
  Check to see what files you have modified with: