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docs: Mention make and cmake for Windows #16572

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Expand Up @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ If you run into problems, please contact us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/4UfP

If you are a Windows user, the steps below might not work as expected.
Try developing using [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install).
If this is not an option, consider using [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/) or [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) to install `make`, `cmake` and other missing tools.
Under native Windows, you may have to manually copy the contents of `toolchain.toml` to `py-polars/toolchain.toml`, as Git for Windows may not correctly handle symbolic links.

#### Configuring Git
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