Commit cf47384
doc: add note for windows users and symlinks
PR-URL: #53117
Reviewed-By: Stefan Stojanovic <stefan.stojanovic@janeasystems.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Vinícius Lourenço Claro Cardoso <contact@viniciusl.com.br>1 parent d711942 commit cf47384
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| 691 | 691 | git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git | |
| 692 | 692 | cd node | |
| 693 | 693 | ``` | |
| 694 | + | ||
| 695 | + > \[!TIP] | ||
| 696 | + > If you are building from a Windows machine, symlinks are disabled by default, and can be enabled by cloning | ||
| 697 | + > with the `-c core.symlinks=true` flag. | ||
| 698 | + > | ||
| 699 | + > ```powershell | ||
| 700 | + > git clone -c core.symlinks=true <repository_url> | ||
| 701 | + > ``` | ||
| 702 | + | ||
| 694 | 703 | * If the path to your build directory contains a space or a non-ASCII character, | |
| 695 | 704 | the build will likely fail | |
| 696 | 705 | ||
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