docs: windows: mention Developer Mode for symlinks This is probably better than recommending Administrator access. Change-Id: Ic916f15fe03f7fa1e03c685265b4774bfc1279c2 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/563581 Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com> Reviewed-by: Gavin Mak <gavinmak@google.com> Commit-Queue: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
diff --git a/docs/windows.md b/docs/windows.md index 4282beb..5759445 100644 --- a/docs/windows.md +++ b/docs/windows.md
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ 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.