fixed contributing.md (spotipy-dev#955)

democat3457 · Mar 30, 2023 · b7baaab · b7baaab
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix typos in doc
 - Start following [SemVer](https://semver.org) properly
 
+### Changed
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+- Made instructions in the CONTRIBUTING.md file more clear such that it is easier to onboard and there are no conflicts with TUTORIAL.md
 ## [2.5.0] - 2020-01-11
 
 Added follow and player endpoints

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ If you would like to contribute to spotipy follow these steps:
 # Linux or Mac
 export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=client_id_here
 export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=client_secret_here
-export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_USERNAME=client_username_here # This is actually an id not spotify display name
+export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_USERNAME=client_username_here # This is actually an id not spotify display name and can be found [here](https://www.spotify.com/us/account/overview/)
 export SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:8080 # Make url is set in app you created to get your ID and SECRET
 
 # Windows
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ $env:SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI="http://localhost:8080"
 ### Create virtual environment, install dependencies, run tests:
 
 ```bash
-$ virtualenv --python=python3.7 env
+$ virtualenv --python=python3 env
 $ source env/bin/activate
-(env) $ pip install --user -e .
+(env) $ pip install -e . 
 (env) $ python -m unittest discover -v tests
 ```