doc: Better explain extra development tools when building from git.

* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Better explain adding tools.

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@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ installation instructions (@pxref{Requirements}).
@item @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/, GNU Help2man (optional)}.
@end itemize
On Guix, extra dependencies can be added by instead running @command{guix
shell}:
On Guix, other development tools, like @code{strace}, can be included by
giving them as extra arguments to @command{guix shell}:
@example
guix shell -D guix help2man git strace --pure
guix shell -D guix -CPW strace
@end example
From there you can generate the build system infrastructure