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doc: document windows shell support

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explain that Git Bash and Cygwin require winpty to work correctly.
Added info on Git Bash running winpty automatically
when running node without .exe extension.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16104
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14100
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
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@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ note1 - The gcc4.8-libs package needs to be installed, because node
by Joyent. SmartOS images >= 16.4 are not supported because
GCC 4.8 runtime libraries are not available in their pkgsrc repository
*Note*: On Windows, running Node.js in windows terminal emulators like `mintty`
requires the usage of [winpty](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty) for
Node's tty channels to work correctly (e.g. `winpty node.exe script.js`).
In "Git bash" if you call the node shell alias (`node` without the `.exe`
extension), `winpty` is used automatically.
### Supported toolchains
Depending on host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.