Updated porting tips with new section on how to obtain clean 3.5.9 and 4.0 rc.lua versions to diff existing config with / port into. Fixes issue #1576

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you might have added to your `rc.lua`.
This avoids most of the possible errors due to missing important changes.
To do this, you can download the default rc.lua for 3.5.9
[here](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/blob/v3.5.9/awesomerc.lua.in), and
then compare your existing rc.lua with the 3.5.9 default using your diff tool of
choice. Write down the changes, then apply these to the 4.0 default rc.lua,
which you can find at /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua after the upgrade, or
[here](../sample%20files/rc.lua.html) if you have not yet performed the upgrade.
If you still wish to ignore this advice, first read the
<a href="89-NEWS.md.html#v4">NEWS</a> section about the breaking changes. This
document assumes you did.