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Update log path in contributing doc #1927

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To re-run the tests after you've changed something in the code base, be sure to repeat steps 2 and 3.

## Debugging / Troubleshooting while developing
Zellij uses the excellent [`log`](https://crates.io/crates/log) crate to handle its internal logging. The output of these logs will go to `/tmp/zellij-<UID>/zellij-log/zellij.log`.
Zellij uses the excellent [`log`](https://crates.io/crates/log) crate to handle its internal logging. The output of these logs will go to `/$temp_dir/zellij-<UID>/zellij-log/zellij.log` which `$temp_dir` refers to [std::env::temp_dir()](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/env/fn.temp_dir.html). On most of operating systems it points to `/tmp`, but there are exceptions, such as `/var/folders/dr/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/` for Mac.

Example:
```rust
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Note that the output is truncated at 100KB. This can be adjusted for the purposes of debugging through the `LOG_MAX_BYTES` constant, at the time of writing here: https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/blob/main/zellij-utils/src/logging.rs#L24

When running Zellij with the `--debug` flag, Zellij will dump a copy of all bytes received over the pty for each pane in: `/tmp/zellij-<UID>/zellij-log/zellij-<pane_id>.log`. These might be useful when troubleshooting terminal issues.
When running Zellij with the `--debug` flag, Zellij will dump a copy of all bytes received over the pty for each pane in: `/$temp_dir/zellij-<UID>/zellij-log/zellij-<pane_id>.log`. These might be useful when troubleshooting terminal issues.

## How we treat clippy lints

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