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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. Repo will use symlinks heavily internally.
On *NIX platforms, this isn't an issue, but Windows makes it a bit difficult. 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 The easiest method to allow users to create symlinks is by enabling
answer is to run your shell as an Administrator and invoke repo/git in that. [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. This isn't a great solution, but Windows doesn't make this easy, so here we are.