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[WIP] Document dogfooding technique in CONTRIBUTING.md
docs: document dogfooding technique in CONTRIBUTING.md
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CONTRIBUTING.mdhad no guidance on how to run usethis against the repo itself during development. This is particularly important on Windows, where using the project's own venv can cause permissions conflicts.Changes
uvx --from . usethis <command>as the recommended way to dogfood CLI changes against the repo itself, explaining why it's preferred overuv run usethis(isolated venv), and including the cleanup commands to revert side-effects afterwards.