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docs: windows: mention Developer Mode for symlinks

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This is probably better than recommending Administrator access.

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@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ Git worktrees (see the previous section for more info).
Repo will use symlinks heavily internally.
On *NIX platforms, this isn't an issue, but Windows makes it a bit difficult.
There are some documents out there for how to do this, but usually the easiest
answer is to run your shell as an Administrator and invoke repo/git in that.
The easiest method to allow users to create symlinks is by enabling
[Windows Developer Mode](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-settings/developer-mode).
The next easiest answer is to run your shell as an Administrator and invoke
repo/git in that.
This isn't a great solution, but Windows doesn't make this easy, so here we are.