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👾 Description of the issue

There is a mistake in https://github.com/hiero-ledger/hiero-sdk-java/blob/main/docs/sdk/developer-guide.md.
On line 130 under Updating proto files section ./gradlew updateSnapshots must be ./gradlew updateProto

💡 Proposed Solution

On line 130 in developer-guide.md ./gradlew updateSnapshots change to ./gradlew updateProto.

Also add note "checkout_ref variable in update_protobufs.py should be updated with the version with needed protobufs before running the command"

👩‍💻 Implementation Steps

On line 130 in developer-guide.md ./gradlew updateSnapshots change to ./gradlew updateProto

Also add note "checkout_ref variable in update_protobufs.py should be updated with the version with needed protobufs before running the command"

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