docs: Adding further instructions to Windows server users (#132)

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@ -310,3 +310,27 @@ Protecting a Private Key. The purpose of the passphrase is usually to encrypt th
source: "tests/a.txt,tests/b.txt"
target: your_server_target_folder_path
```
When copying files from a Linux runner to a Windows server, you should:
1. Download git for Windows
2. Change the default OpenSSH shell to git bach with the following powershell command:
```powershell
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH" -Name DefaultShell -Value "$env:Programfiles\Git\bin\bash.exe" -PropertyType String -Force
```
3. Set `tar_dereference` and `rm` variable to `true` in the YAML file
4. Avoid putting the `port` value through a variable
5. Convert the target path to a Unix path:
```diff
- name: Copy to Windows
uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4
with:
host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
port: 22
source: 'your_source_path'
- target: 'C:\path\to\target'
+ target: '/c/path/to/target/'
+ tar_dereference: true
+ rm: true
```