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doc: add note for windows users and symlinks

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PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/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>
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git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git
cd node cd node
``` ```
> \[!TIP]
> If you are building from a Windows machine, symlinks are disabled by default, and can be enabled by cloning
> with the `-c core.symlinks=true` flag.
>
> ```powershell
> git clone -c core.symlinks=true <repository_url>
> ```
* If the path to your build directory contains a space or a non-ASCII character, * If the path to your build directory contains a space or a non-ASCII character,
the build will likely fail the build will likely fail