From ae9ed20812a2f0d6b2959dc882fcee26746bd361 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Stevenson <john-stevenson@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:09:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update 05-repositories.md

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 doc/05-repositories.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/05-repositories.md b/doc/05-repositories.md
index 9cd1dbf28..ba5713aed 100644
--- a/doc/05-repositories.md
+++ b/doc/05-repositories.md
@@ -666,6 +666,10 @@ Instead of default fallback strategy you can force to use symlink with
 mirroring can be useful when deploying or generating package from a
 monolithic repository.
 
+> **Note:** On Windows, directory symlinks are implemented using NTFS junctions
+> because they can be created by non-admin users. Mirroring will always be used
+> on versions below Windows 7 or if `proc_open` has been disabled.
+
 ```json
 {
     "repositories": [