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manual: Add note on windows to use a git setting to avoid symlink issues in building

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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.

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
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This section provides some notes on how to start hacking on Nix. This section provides some notes on how to start hacking on Nix.
To get the latest version of Nix from GitHub: To get the latest version of Nix from GitHub:
> **Note**
>
> When checking out the repo on Windows, make sure you have the git setting `core.symlinks` enabled, before cloning, as there are symlinks in the repo.
```console ```console
$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git $ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git
$ cd nix $ cd nix