Include more detail about the assumptions of the shell #1002
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Especially for Windows users.
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| This page assumes you've [installed sbt 1][Setup]. | ||
| This page assumes you've [installed sbt 1][Setup] and you are running a Bash/UNIX shell on macOS, Linux or WSL ([Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10)). |
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Why does the system shell matter so much here? Are we trying to preclude Windows console?
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These instructions would not work on the Windows default console, and some new users might be just confused what this all means and skip the tutorial.
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And many people still don't know about WSL being available on Windows at all.
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If the user is already familiar with Windows console, I don't want them to switch to using WSL.
I'd much rather document touch equivalent on console together, which is
type nul >> build.sbt
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Especially for Windows users.