docs(README): describe case-insensitve lookups on Windows

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Marcus Holland-Moritz 2025-08-21 14:36:06 +02:00
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There are a few things worth pointing out, though:
- Windows traditionally treats file names as case-insensitive. However,
the DwarFS driver is case-sensitive by default, even on Windows.
There's an option `-o case_insensitive` that can be passed to the
driver to make it behave like a traditional Windows file system.
Note that this is *only* supported if the DwarFS image contains no
directories or files with the same name differing only in case within
the same directory. Otherwise, the driver will emit a warning when
mounting the image.
- DwarFS supports both hardlinks and symlinks on Windows, just as it
does on Linux. However, creating hardlinks and symlinks seems to
require admin privileges on Windows, so if, for example, you want to