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[Hadoop Wiki] Trivial Update of "HowToContribute" by AlexLoddengaard

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    * {{{TestFileSystem.java}}} and {{{TestMapRed.java}}} are examples of standalone MapReduce-based tests.
    * {{{TestPath.java}}} is an example of a non MapReduce-based test.
    * You can run all the unit test with the command {{{ant test}}}, or you can run a specific unit test with the command {{{ant -Dtestcase=<class name without package prefix> test}}} (for example {{{ant -Dtestcase=TestFileSystem test}}})
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+ ==== Understanding Ant ====
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+ Hadoop is built by Ant, a Java building tool.  This section will eventually describe how Ant is used within Hadoop.  To start, simply read a good Ant tutorial.  The following is a good tutorial, though keep in mind that Hadoop isn't structured according to the ways outlined in the tutorial.  Use the tutorial to get a basic understand of Ant but not to understand how Ant is used for Hadoop:
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+  * Good Ant tutorial: http://i-proving.ca/space/Technologies/Ant+Tutorial
  
  === Generating a patch ===