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Update CONTRIBUTING.md to require Docker for some tasks (#49221)

Updated the contributing guide to reflect that Docker is a necessary
dependency for certain tasks.
Eric Miers 5 years ago
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@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ We support development in the Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEs.
 For Eclipse, the minimum version that we support is [4.13][eclipse].
 For IntelliJ, the minimum version that we support is [IntelliJ 2017.2][intellij].
 
+[Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/) is required for building some Elasticsearch artifacts and executing certain test suites. You can run Elasticsearch without building all the artifacts with:
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+    ./gradlew :run
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 ### Configuring IDEs And Running Tests
 
 Eclipse users can automatically configure their IDE: `./gradlew eclipse`