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doc: Briefly discuss default git branch name.

* doc/contributing.texi (Building from git): Discuss branch name.

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Signed-off-by: Gabriel Wicki <gabriel@erlikon.ch>
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@section Building from Git
If you want to hack Guix itself, it is recommended to use the latest
version from the Git repository:
version from the Git repository@footnote{
Guix uses @code{master} as the default branch name. A proposal in 2025 to
change the default branch name to @code{main} did not reach consensus.
See @uref{https://codeberg.org/guix/guix-consensus-documents/src/branch/main/003-rename-default-branch.md,
Guix Consensus Document 003}.}:
@example
git clone https://git.guix.gnu.org/guix.git