From 26b5e4ea5f8d32f7351d17cb312a49eb70230156 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Robin=20D=C3=BCrhager?= Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 15:09:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fix(docs): Add WSL2 setup issues warning to clone repo section (#40671) --- docs/how-to-setup-freecodecamp-locally.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/how-to-setup-freecodecamp-locally.md b/docs/how-to-setup-freecodecamp-locally.md index 3128b72db9..c605de5fbb 100644 --- a/docs/how-to-setup-freecodecamp-locally.md +++ b/docs/how-to-setup-freecodecamp-locally.md @@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ This is essential, as it allows you to work on your own copy of freeCodeCamp on [Cloning](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/) is where you **download** a copy of a repository from a `remote` location that is either owned by you or by someone else. In your case, this remote location is your `fork` of freeCodeCamp's repository that should be available at `https://github.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/freeCodeCamp`. +> [!WARNING] +> If you are working on a WSL2 Linux Distro, you might get performance and stability issues by running this project in a folder which is shared between Windows and WSL2 (e.g. `/mnt/c/Users/`). +> Therefore we recommend to clone this repo into a folder which is mainly used by your WSL2 Linux Distro and not directly shared with Windows (e.g. `~/PROJECTS/`). +> +> See [this GitHub Issue](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/issues/40632) for further Information about this problem. + Run these commands on your local machine: 1. Open a Terminal / Command Prompt / Shell in your projects directory