docs(contributing): update clone instructions to recommend forking first (#17637)

Update the setup instructions to guide contributors to fork the repository
on GitHub before cloning, which is the standard GitHub workflow for
open source contributions.
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Kris Xia
2025-12-07 23:15:40 -08:00
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@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ Before contributing code to LiteLLM, you must sign our [Contributor License Agre
### 1. Setup Your Local Development Environment
```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git
# Fork the repository on GitHub (click the Fork button at https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm)
# Then clone your fork locally
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/litellm.git
cd litellm
# Create a new branch for your feature