manual: Add note on windows to use a git setting to avoid symlink issues in building#14804
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…ues in building Ref NixOS#14787 This really doesn't really fixes the problem of the symlink, but it solves the progress of getting windows working. TODO: find out if it's a bug from meason & make a feature request to avoid symlinks or generate symlinks upon build and git ignore, but still goes back to the issue of is this a bug or do we need to make a feature requests. Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
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Ref #14787
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This really doesn't really fixes the problem of the symlink, but it
solves the progress of getting windows working.
TODO: find out if it's a bug from meason & make a feature request to
avoid symlinks or generate symlinks upon build and git ignore, but still
goes back to the issue of is this a bug or do we need to make a feature
requests.
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